If necessary, the Vietnamese health sector will buy helicopters for organ transplants.

Yesterday evening, September 12, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien visited two patients at Viet Duc Hospital who received heart and liver transplants from organs transported from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi by air.

Currently, both transplant patients are in stable health, eating well and all test results are normal. Mr. Nguyen Van H (40 years old, in Hanoi) - who just received a heart transplant from a brain-dead donor in Ho Chi Minh City was able to sit up and receive a delegation from the Ministry of Health led by Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien who visited and gave gifts at his hospital bed.

Minister of Health visits organ transplant patients at Viet Duc Hospital on the evening of September 12

Answering clearly each question from Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Xuyen and the doctors, Mr. H. said that he was able to eat and drink by himself and felt his health improving every day.

Also showing good progress in his health, patient Tran Ngoc H. (59 years old, Hanoi) expressed his gratitude to the doctors, calling them the people who saved his life and gave him a new life. Receiving a gift from the Minister of Health, two patients Tran Ngoc H. and Nguyen Van H. were both moved to share that they were truly very lucky people.

Previously, on the morning of September 5, patients Tran Ngoc H. and Nguyen Van H. were 2 of thousands of patients waiting for organ transplants who were lucky enough to receive livers and hearts from brain-dead donors at Cho Ray Hospital (Ho Chi Minh City) with suitable indicators. What is special is that this heart and liver were moved more than 1,700 km from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi by air on the evening of September 4 to perform these 2 organ transplants.

Congratulating the doctors and nurses of Viet Duc Hospital on successfully performing a heart and liver transplant, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien highly appreciated the coordination of the National Coordination Center for Human Organ Transplantation and acknowledged the efforts of Cho Ray Hospital in resuscitation to maintain the organs of brain-dead patients.

Minister of Health congratulates doctors at Viet Duc Hospital on successful organ transplant

Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said that next October, the Ministry of Health will meet with hospitals to develop a registration process and coordinate organ donation. The Minister requested that the National Coordination Center coordinate with the Organ and Tissue Donation Campaign Association to further disseminate information to the public so that everyone understands the noble meaning of organ donation. Phone numbers and organ donation standards should be widely publicized and organ donation registration cards should be issued to the public.

In addition, update the list of people waiting for transplants and people registering to donate organs using computer software; build a price frame for each type of organ transplant in the direction of calculating correctly and fully the cost to request the Vietnam Social Security to pay and have measures to support the poor with humanitarian funds.

For Viet Duc Hospital, the Minister requested to prepare a scientific project on organ preservation and actively research to move towards lung and pancreas transplants.

Speaking with the leaders of the National Coordination Center for Human Organ Transplantation and Viet Duc Hospital, Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said that in the coming time, when there are many organ donors, the health sector will equip specialized vehicles to transport organs, and even move towards equipping helicopters.

According to the National Coordination Center for Human Organ Transplantation, currently, in developed countries, 90% of organs for transplants are taken from brain-dead people. Meanwhile, in recent years, there have only been a few dozen cases of brain-dead people donating organs in Vietnam.

According to ANTĐ