A man in his 60s who said he wanted to do something good at the last moment of life gave three people new lives through brain-death organ donation.
According to the Korea Organ Donation Agency (KODA) on the 28th, on Feb. 22 this year at Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital of the Catholic University of Korea, Jeong Chan-ho, 68, donated his liver and both kidneys. Jeong collapsed in a bathhouse three days before the donation and was taken to a hospital, but sadly did not regain consciousness. Respecting Jeong's wish that he "wanted to do something good when leaving the world," the bereaved family decided to donate.
According to the family, Jeong, born in Seoul as the second of three sons, was taciturn but a father who quietly listened to his two sons' concerns. Taking responsibility for the work he was given, Jeong devoted his life to providing for his family. In his youth, he worked for about 20 years at an auto parts company, and in middle age he started a milk agency and has run it to this day.
His wife, Jang In-hui, said, "My husband always tried to take responsibility for the family. He was someone who suffered only by dedicating himself to his family," and recalled, "Only in the past one to two years did he finally find some leisure, traveling with friends." His son, Jeong Sang-gi, said, "I will visit often and always remember my father. I will not forget the love with which you devoted yourself to our family."