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Patients get on well with organs from brain dead donor

The two patients transplanted with a heart and a kidney donated by a brain dead person in Hanoi are in sound condition and ready to be discharged from the hospital, Dr. Pham Thi Ngoc Thao, Deputy Director of the HCM City-based Cho Ray Hospital said on March 19.
Patients get on well with organs from brain dead donor ảnh 1Pham Hoa Thuong (right), from Ninh Thuan province, who received heart and kidney from a deceased donor, is in sound condition. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The two patients transplantedwith a heart and a kidney donated by a brain dead person in Hanoi are in soundcondition and ready to be discharged from the hospital, Dr. Pham Thi Ngoc Thao,Deputy Director of the HCM City-based Cho Ray Hospital said on March 19.

On February 26, Cho Ray Hospitaldoctors received the heart and the kidney sent by the Hanoi-based 108 MilitaryCentral Hospital. The donor is brain dead 45-year-old soldier, who had anaccident on duty. He has donated many organs, including kidneys, heart andcorneas, for transplant for up to six patients.

The heart was transplanted in 29-year-old Nguyen Quoc Hung with heart problemsfrom Mekong delta Tien Giang province while the kidney was transplanted in 25-year-oldPham Hoai Thuong suffering the end-phase renal disease from central Ninh Thuanprovince.

Associate Professor Tran Quyet Tien, Deputy Director of the Cho Ray Hospital, highlightedthe smooth collaboration among the National Organ and Tissue TransplantationCollaboration Centre, Viet Duc hospital in Hanoi and Cho Ray hospital in HCMCity, and other forces to preserve and send the kidney and heart to HCM City byair for the timely transplant in these patients.

The heart was taken from the brain deaddonor in Hanoi at 13:00 on Feb. 26 and reached Cho Ray hospital in HCM City atabout 16:15. The transplant started at 17:00 and completed at 21:30 the sameday while the kidney operation completed at 1:00 on February 27.

“We felt thrilled when hearing about thedonation of the organs in Hanoi. However, we worried about the long distancebetween the two cities. Efforts of many medical workers involved would be vainif there were unexpected incidents like a flight delay or traffic jam,” Tiensaid.

The two patients are in good recovery andscheduled to be discharged from the hospital in several days, according toTien.

The hospital has performed transplants in over30 patients, using organs from brain dead donors over the past 10 years. Thefigure accounted for only five percent of the total transplant cases carriedout in the hospital.

Currently, 20 patients are in queue forheart transplant, and 70 others for kidney transplant.-VNA
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