Cho Ray Hospital's Human Organ Transplantation Coordinating Unit receives one heart, two kidneys, two corneas, and skin from the donor (Photo: VNA) Male patient L.V.T., 27, living in the southern province ofDong Thap, with 50 percent of third-degree burns of the whole body, is therecipient. After the transplant, the patient was discharged from the hospital inthe second week. It is the first time this technique has been successfullyperformed in Vietnam.
Previously, on October 11, the Human Organ TransplantationCoordinating Unit at Cho Ray Hospital received information about voluntaryorgan donation from the mother of a 38-year-old male patient, hospitalisedbecause of a severe cerebral hemorrhage and brain dead.
His family decided to share his live body parts to save thosesuffering from serious diseases.
When examining the functional status of the donor's organs,the unit received one heart, two kidneys, two corneas, and skin. These organshave been used for transplanting to six patients./.
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