Pham Hoa Thuong (right), from Ninh Thuan province, who received heart and kidney from a deceased donor, is in sound condition. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The two patients transplanted
with a heart and a kidney donated by a brain dead person in Hanoi are in sound
condition and ready to be discharged from the hospital, Dr. Pham Thi Ngoc Thao,
Deputy Director of the HCM City-based Cho Ray Hospital said on March 19.
On February 26, Cho Ray Hospital
doctors received the heart and the kidney sent by the Hanoi-based 108 Military
Central Hospital. The donor is brain dead 45-year-old soldier, who had an
accident on duty. He has donated many organs, including kidneys, heart and
corneas, for transplant for up to six patients.
The heart was transplanted in 29-year-old Nguyen Quoc Hung with heart problems
from Mekong delta Tien Giang province while the kidney was transplanted in 25-year-old
Pham Hoai Thuong suffering the end-phase renal disease from central Ninh Thuan
province.
Associate Professor Tran Quyet Tien, Deputy Director of the , highlighted
the smooth collaboration among the National Organ and Tissue Transplantation
Collaboration Centre, Viet Duc hospital in Hanoi and Cho Ray hospital in HCM
City, and other forces to preserve and send the kidney and heart to HCM City by
air for the timely transplant in these patients.
The heart was taken from the brain dead
donor in Hanoi at 13:00 on Feb. 26 and reached Cho Ray hospital in HCM City at
about 16:15. The transplant started at 17:00 and completed at 21:30 the same
day while the kidney operation completed at 1:00 on February 27.
“We felt thrilled when hearing about the
donation of the organs in Hanoi. However, we worried about the long distance
between the two cities. Efforts of many medical workers involved would be vain
if there were unexpected incidents like a flight delay or traffic jam,” Tien
said.
The two patients are in good recovery and
scheduled to be discharged from the hospital in several days, according to
Tien.
The hospital has performed transplants in over
30 patients, using organs from s over the past 10 years. The
figure accounted for only five percent of the total transplant cases carried
out in the hospital.
Currently, 20 patients are in queue for
, and 70 others for .-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
