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Cho Ray Hospital performs over 1,100 kidney transplants in 30 years

The Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City has performed 1,127 kidney transplants since 1992, heard an event held by the medical establishment on March 16.
Cho Ray Hospital performs over 1,100 kidney transplants in 30 years ảnh 1Cho Ray Hospital performs over 1,100 kidney transplants in 30 years (Photo: suckhoedoisong.vn)
HCM City (VNA) – The Cho Ray Hospital in Ho ChiMinh City has performed 1,127 kidney transplants since 1992, heard an event heldby the medical establishment on March 16.

The event consisted of a ceremony to mark Cho Ray’s threedecades offering kidney transplants and a seminar on the surgery.

In his remarks, Nguyen Tri Thuc, director of the hospital,said Cho Ray is also a pioneer in implementing measures to expand the source ofdonor kidneys, including those from brain-dead donors (since 2008), cardiacarrest donors (since 2015), and ABO-incompatible living-donors (since 2021).

Cho Ray Hospital performs over 1,100 kidney transplants in 30 years ảnh 2Individuals with outstanding contributions in Cho Ray Hospital's transplant activities were honoured at the event (Photo: VNA)
The hospital has also cooperated with transplant centers inthe Republic of Korea, Japan, Taiwan (China), Australia, the US, and Spain,among others, to send doctors and nurses in study and experience exchangeprogrammes, he added.

Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan said up to 62,555people registered to donate organs in 2022, compared to just 265 in2014; and Cho Ray hospital posted about half of the total registrations.

The operation, which is becoming a routine technique at manyhospitals across the country, especially Cho Ray, has contributed to reviving many of those patients with organ failure, he affirmed./.

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