TAIPEI • Dr Ko Wen-je, an outspoken transplant and ER surgeon, was famous in Taiwan long before he became mayor of its capital city in his first foray into politics.
He is credited with importing into Taiwan in the 1990s the Ecmo technology which boosted organ transplant success rates. In 2010, he directed the emergency care team that treated former vice-president Lien Chan's son Sean after he was shot in the face at an election rally.
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