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Vietnam’s youngest heart transplant patient discharged from hospital

Seven-year-old L.X.H, the youngest-ever heart transplant recipient in Vietnam, has been discharged from hospital, the Hanoi-based Viet Duc Hospital said on March 3.
Vietnam’s youngest heart transplant patient discharged from hospital ảnh 1Seven-year-old L.X.H, the youngest-ever heart transplant recipient in Vietnam, has been discharged from hospital. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Seven-year-old L.X.H, theyoungest-ever heart transplant recipient in Vietnam, has been discharged fromhospital, the Hanoi-based Viet Duc Hospital said on March 3.

Before the surgery, the child, weighing only 16 kg,suffered from dilated cardiomyopathy and end-stage heart failure.

The patient received the heart from a 19-year-oldbrain-dead donor, with the surgery conducted on February 1.

The child’s mother thanked the family of the donorwho, she said, has given her child a new life, and the dedication of doctorsand nurses of the hospital.

This is the fifth heart transplant performed on achild at the hospital.

Viet Duc has performed five lung, 36 heart, 92liver, and nearly 1,100 kidney transplants in total so far.

It is the leading centre nationwide for collectingand transplanting organs. All patients are healthy and have returned to dailyliving.

In March 2017, a 10-year-old boy in Hanoi became thesmallest heart transplant patient at that time. After getting the heart from abrain-dead donor, he is now in a stable condition./.
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