wfn.org | Former PCT General Secretary C.M. Kao hospitalized for heart problems

["Lydia Ma" <enews@pctpress.org>]

>Taiwan Church News

>2976 Edition

>March 9~15, 2009

Former PCT General Secretary C.M. Kao hospitalized for heart problems

>Reported by Chen Yi-shuan

>Written by Lydia Ma

Friends of Rev. C.M. Kao are urged to pray for the health of the former  Presbyterian Church in Taiwan General Secretary who fell ill on March  7th after dinner and was immediately rushed to Sinlau Hospital. Upon  diagnosis, doctors determined that Kao would need a heart bypass  surgery. Kao was transferred to National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)  Hospital the following day for a surgery. He is now conscious and  resting in the hospital’s intensive care unit.

According to Kao’s daughter, Kao Li-shiang, though the surgery was  successful, her father still needs plenty of rest. The family hopes that  in the following six months, churches and organizations can refrain from  inviting Kao to participate in events or ministries.

Kao’s daughter also revealed that her father had undergone several  surgeries in the past three months and they have taken a toll on his  body. She hopes that her father can truly rest after the latest surgery  and asks that friends remember her father in their prayers.

Sources close to the family said Kao was pacing in his bedroom and  thinking about some issues when he suddenly fainted and was rushed to  the hospital. Since Sinlau Hospital does not have a heart surgeon and a  bypass surgery was needed, he was transferred to NCKU Hospital. The  surgery lasted eight hours and was deemed successful, but Kao will need  to stay at the hospital for another week or two.

A friend of the family urged churches across Taiwan to pray for the  82-year-old Kao as this was a major surgery and will require he take  significant time off to rest. Kao’s health condition will not  permit him to be too busy or too stressed for some time.

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