President Nguyen Xuan Phuc praises the hospital for successful for 9-month-old child (Photo: The Vietnam National Children’s Hospital )Hanoi (VNA) – has praised the Vietnam National
Children’s Hospital for their successful liver transplantation operation on a
, who is discharged from the facility on April 11.
Weighing 8.2
kilogrammes, the young boy was at the end-stage of a liver disease caused by
advanced biliary cirrhosis. It was a result of a rare disease of the liver and
biliary tract called congenital biliary atresia.
He then
underwent a nine-hour surgery to receive a transplant from his father at the
Vietnam National Children’s Hospital on March 14.
This was the
25th successful liver transplant at the hospital, and was entirely conducted by
native doctors with no help from foreign experts.
Acknowledging
that the operation requires the most advanced techniques in organ
transplantation, President Phuc praised the doctors for their thorough
preparations to be fully in control of the preliminary examinations, as well as
the techniques in the transplantation, anesthesia and recovery process, with
their relentless efforts in improving their medical knowledge and skills.
The successful
operation has given new hopes to families whose children suffered from
end-stage liver failure diseases, said the President.
As of current,
the Vietnam National Children’s Hospital has conducted the largest number of
children’s liver transplants in the country, many of which are of complicated
nature and require advanced skills. These include cases of different blood
groups, children with liver cancer or genetic disease, and underweight child
patients.
President Phuc
sent his wishes that the doctors and medical staff at the hospital continue
with their spirit of “Dedication – Excellence for Vietnamese children’s
health”, to bring a new life to more children with severe illnesses./.
Source: VietnamPlus
