Seven-year-old L.X.H, the youngest-ever in Vietnam, has been discharged from hospital. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Seven-year-old L.X.H, the
youngest-ever heart transplant recipient in Vietnam, has been discharged from
hospital, the Hanoi-based Viet Duc Hospital said on March 3.
Before the surgery, the child, weighing only 16 kg,
suffered from and .
The patient received the heart from a 19-year-old
brain-dead donor, with the surgery conducted on February 1.
The child’s mother thanked the family of the donor
who, she said, has given her child a new life, and the dedication of doctors
and nurses of the hospital.
This is the fifth heart transplant performed on a
child at the hospital.
Viet Duc has performed five lung, 36 heart, 92
liver, and nearly 1,100 kidney transplants in total so far.
It is the leading centre nationwide for collecting
and transplanting organs. All patients are healthy and have returned to daily
living.
In March 2017, a 10-year-old boy in Hanoi became the
smallest heart transplant patient at that time. After getting the heart from a
, he is now in a stable condition./.
Source: VietnamPlus
