Nghe An General Friendship Hospital continues to successfully perform organ harvesting and transplantation from a brain-dead donor.
On October 1, Nghe An General Hospital in collaboration with Viet Duc Hospital performed organ retrieval and transplantation from a brain-dead donor. This is the second time the hospital has performed organ retrieval and transplantation from a brain-dead donor.
Previously, on September 30, a male patient (36 years old, residing in Yen Thanh district, Nghe An) had a traffic accident due to a fall. His family quickly took him to Nghe An General Hospital for emergency treatment. Despite intensive treatment by doctors and nurses, his brain damage did not recover.
The doctors informed the patient of his brain death and advised his family about the noble act of donating tissues and organs after death/brain death. The patient's family agreed to donate multiple organs. Recognizing the noble intentions of the patient's family,Nghe An General Friendship Hospitalhas carried out procedures in accordance with the provisions of law. At the same time, report to the National Organ Transplant Coordination Center.
Morning of October 1,Nghe An General Friendship Hospitalreceived support from Viet Duc Friendship Hospital. This unit sent teams to support brain death resuscitation, brain death diagnosis and, together with teams from Nghe An General Friendship Hospital, to remove multiple organs (kidney, liver, heart, cornea) from brain dead patients and perform kidney transplants for 2 patients with end-stage chronic kidney failure who are undergoing periodic hemodialysis treatment.
Simultaneously,Nghe An General Friendship Hospitalalso quickly transported organs to other hospitals for transplant to patients.
This is a very meaningful milestone, demonstrating the expertise of the hospital's doctors and nurses in mastering kidney transplant techniques as well as other specialized techniques.
Specialist II Doctor Trinh Xuan Nam - Deputy Director of Nghe An General Friendship Hospital
To achieve this, the hospital has developed a plan to deploy and effectively develop specialized techniques, including organ transplantation. Specifically, the hospital has prepared facilities, invested in and repaired operating rooms to suit the function of organ transplantation. Invested in equipment to meet the needs of organ transplantation.
In particular, the hospital focuses on training staff and doctors to implement two organ transplant techniques: kidney transplant and liver transplant. In addition, the hospital does a good job of counseling the public and approaching potential brain-dead patients to do a good job of advocacy.
In addition to organ transplant techniques, the hospital has deployed laparoscopic surgery, robotic surgery, and applied AI technology in surgery. It has developed the field of in vitro fertilization as well as deployed heart-lung ECMO techniques, implemented blood filtration techniques, and hypothermia.
Up to now, Nghe An General Hospital has performed 16 kidney transplants, including 4 from brain-dead donors. This is the second case where the hospital has successfully performed multiple organ transplants from brain-dead donors at the hospital... This event marks a new step forward in the organ transplant sector of Nghe An province in particular and the North Central region in general, contributing to promoting the development of high-tech, specialized, comprehensive techniques, aiming to turn Vinh city into a specialized medical center of the North Central region according to Decision No. 1660 of the People's Committee of Nghe An province.
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