Thứ Tư, 26/12/2018, 21:07 (GMT+7)
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First child patient in Vietnam receives kidney from brain-dead donor

ABO/VNA – The Nhi Dong 2 Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City has successfully transplanted a kidney from a brain dead donor in Hanoi into a 15-year-old patient.
Dinh Viet Huy is cared for by medical staff at the Nhi Dong 2 Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)
Dinh Viet Huy is cared for by medical staff at the Nhi Dong 2 Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)

Dinh Viet Huy from Lam Dong province, who suffers from end-stage kidney failure, is the first child patient in Vietnam to receive a kidney from a brain-dead donor.

According to Dr Trinh Huu Tung, Director of Nhi Dong 2 Hospital, the kidney from the 43-year-old donor was transported from Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi to HCM City by air on December 12. The operation was conducted at 21:00 the same day.
 
On December 24, the child patient is in stable conditions and is able to urinate 4 litres of urine a day. Doctors said he can return to school in six months.
 
Prof. Tran Dong A, an advisor on organ transplant at Nhi Dong 2 Hospital said the successful use of an organ from a brain-dead donor for a child patient opens up opportunities to save the lives of many children suffering from fatal diseases. Vietnam’s law does not allow the donation of viscera from under-18 children.
 
(Source: VNA)
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