Medical workers observe a minute of silence to pay tribute to a brain-dead organ donor. (Illustrative image: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Organs from
a have been successfully transplanted into six patients by the
Cho Ray Hospital and the Children’s Hospital No 2 in Ho Chi Minh City.
The said its human
coordinating unit was notified of the donation on August 19.
The donor was a 25-year-old woman
suffering from brain death after an occupational accident. Her mother decided
to donate her organs, comprising two corneas, two kidneys, heart and liver, as her wish.
Director of the hospital Nguyen Tri
Thuc said the transplants were conducted successfully, adding as of September
9, the four patients receiving donated kidneys and corneas had returned to the
hospital for re-examination and shown “very good” results while the heart transplant
one will also be discharged from hospital soon.
The patient with the liver transplantation
is still under monitoring and intensive care, he noted.
He
added that before removing organs from the donor, doctors had observed a minute
of silence in commemoration of the deceased./.
Source: VietnamPlus
