Doctors from the in Hanoi have successfully completed 23 s over the past 13 days. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Doctors from the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital in Hanoi have
successfully completed 23 organ transplants over the past 13 days, marking a
significant step forward for conducted in the country.
The operations comprised
three cases of heart, four of liver, and 16 of kidney transplants,
with 15 organs taken from donors.
Each surgery was
successful, serving to prove the capabilities of medical experts and doctors at
the hospital.
The cardiovascular
and thoracic centre performed two heart transplants on two consecutive days, September
11 and 12, for the first time ever. The first patient was
a 33-year-old from Thanh Hoa province who had been diagnosed with cardiomyopathy
five years previously, and the other was a 52-year-old, also from Thanh Hoa, who was suffering from cardiomyopathy for
several years and received an organ during the operation.
The Vietnam-Germany
Friendship Hospital is the leading medical facility in the country in conducting
multi-organ transplants. It also supports other medical facilities and
contributes to saving the lives of many patients through the use of modern
technology./.
Source: VietnamPlus
