The news conference announcing the first lung-transplant with the lung donated by an alive person. (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Military Medical Academyannounced on February 22 that the first lung transplant with the lung donated byalive persons has been conducted successfully in Vietnam.
The transplant was conducted at Military Hospital 103 by doctors of the hospital and the academy, with assistance from Japaneseexperts.
The patient was Ly Chuong Binh, a seven-years-old boy fromBat Dai Son commune, Quan Ba district, northern mountainous Ha Giang province.The lung donors are Binh’s father and his uncle.
Doctors said after the surgery, the father’s and uncle’shealth has been stable. Binh’s health has been closely monitored and hissurvival indicators have also been stable.
The Military Medical Academy is one of the biggestviscera transplant centres of Vietnam. The academy had successfully conductedkidney, liver, heart and marrow-kidney transplant surgeries.
From June to October 2016, the academy implemented aresearch and sent doctors to the University of Okayama Hospital to exchangeexperience on lung transplant. It also received a group of Japanese experts whocame to share expertise on lung transplant with the academy’s doctors.-VNA
