Doctors at Hanoi’s has successfully conducted a heart transplant on a seven-year-old child, the youngest recipient ever in . (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Doctors at Hanoi’s Viet Duc Friendship Hospital has successfully
conducted a heart transplant on a seven-year-old child, the youngest recipient
ever in Vietnam, the hospital said on February 5.
Weighing 16 kg, the
patient received the heart from a 19-year-old brain-dead donor.
Following surgery
on February 1, the child is now in a stable condition and can eat and drink,
according to Dr Nguyen Huu Uoc from the hospital.
This is the fifth
performed on a child at the hospital.
Viet Duc has now performed
five lung, 36 heart, 92 liver, and nearly 1,100 in total.
It is the leading
centre nationwide for collecting and transplanting organs. All patients are
healthy and have returned to daily living./.
Source: VietnamPlus
