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Hue hospital, RoK’s medical centre cooperate in liver transplant

The Hue Central Hospital and the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s ASAN Medical Centre signed a cooperation agreement on regional- and international-level liver transplant programme in Hue city on October 16.
Hue hospital, RoK’s medical centre cooperate in liver transplant ảnh 1Scene at the event (Photo: VNA)

Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The Hue Central Hospital and the Republic ofKorea (RoK)’s ASAN Medical Centre signed a cooperation agreement on regional-and international-level liver transplant programme in Hue city on October 16.

Attending the signing ceremony were Prof. Dr. Pham Nhu Hiep, Director of theHue Central Hospital, and Choi Ki-dong and Kim Dong-kwan, officials from theASAN Medical Centre.

Under the agreement, the ASAN Medical Centre will create conditions for the HueCentral Hospital to train high-quality human resources; send its leading expertsto the Vietnamese hospital to share experience in liver examination, treatmentand transplant; and offer remote consultations in complex cases.

The signing is considered an important milestone in the two sides’ cooperation tohelp the Hue Central Hospital become a specialised medical centre on organtransplantation that meets regional and international standards.

In addition, the two sides have also collaborated in several international-levelliver transplantation programmes as well as organised conferences and seminarsto share experience in liver examination and treatment in Vietnam.

The ASAN Medical Centre, with its ASAN Central Hospital, was set up in 1989. Thecentre conducted living-donor liver transplants for adults in 1999, dualliving-donor liver transplants in 2000, and ABO-incompatible dual-graft adultliving donor liver transplantation in 2003.

It recorded the highest number of liver transplants in the world in 2012 with379 cases and the figure increased to 468 in 2017.

In addition to the Hue Central Hospital, the centre has cooperated with otherVietnamese hospitals like Cho Ray Hospital, HCM City Oncology Hospital and BachMai Hospital in the field.-VNA
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