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Hanoi-based hospital performs 1,000th kidney transplant

Doctors at the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital in Hanoi successfully performed its 1,000th kidney transplant in late September.
Hanoi-based hospital performs 1,000th kidney transplant ảnh 1A patient recovers from a kidney transplant (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - Doctorsat the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital in Hanoi successfully performed its 1,000thkidney transplant in late September.

The operation lasted forthree hours. Ten days later, the patient remains in a stable condition and willsoon be discharged.

Since its first renaltransplant in 2002, the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital has carried out 122operations of this kind from brain-dead donors, or 12 percent.

The hospital is the leadingfacility in the country for multi-organ transplants. It also supports otherfacilities and contributes to saving the lives of many patients through the useof modern technology./.

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