Hanoi, May 20 -- Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra on May 20 called for wider public participation in organ and tissue donation, describing it as a noble humanitarian act capable of extending and saving countless lives. Addressing the programme "Organ and Tissue Donation Day May 20 - Giving is Forever," organised by the Ministry of Health at Hanoi Medical University, Tra shared an emotional story of a 19-year-old British woman who suffered a fatal accident while travelling in Tuyen Quang province. Despite the best efforts of Vietnamese doctors, she could not be saved. In the midst of profound grief, however, her family made the compassionate decision to donate her organs to save Vietnamese patients facing life-threatening condition...