‘s Human Organ Transplantation Coordinating Unit receives one heart, two kidneys, two corneas, and skin from the donor (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – ’s Cho Ray
Hospital announced on November 17 that it had successfully performed skin
transplant from a .
Male patient L.V.T., 27, living in the southern province of
Dong Thap, with 50 percent of third-degree burns of the whole body, is the
recipient. After the transplant, the patient was discharged from the hospital in
the second week. It is the first time this technique has been successfully
performed in Vietnam.
Previously, on October 11, the Human Organ Transplantation
Coordinating Unit at Cho Ray Hospital received information about voluntary
organ donation from the mother of a 38-year-old male patient, hospitalised
because of a severe cerebral hemorrhage and brain dead.
His family decided to share his live body parts to save those
suffering from serious diseases.
When examining the functional status of the donor’s organs,
the unit received one heart, two kidneys, two corneas, and skin. These organs
have been used for transplanting to six patients./.
Source: VietnamPlus
