The operations comprised three cases of heart, four of liver, and 16 of kidney transplants, with 15 organs taken from donors.

Each surgery was successful, serving to prove the capabilities of medical experts and doctors at the hospital.

Doctors from the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital in Hanoi have successfully completed 23 organ transplants over the past 13 days.

The cardiovascular and thoracic centre performed two heart transplants on two consecutive days, September 11 and 12, for the first time ever. The first patient was a 33-year-old from Thanh Hoa province who had been diagnosed with cardiomyopathy five years previously, and the other was a 52-year-old, also from Thanh Hoa, who was suffering from cardiomyopathy for several years and received an organ during the operation.

The Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital is the leading medical facility in the country in conducting multi-organ transplants. It also supports other medical facilities and contributes to saving the lives of many patients through the use of modern technology.

First liver transplant successfully performed in central region

Doctors of Hue Central Hospital in Thua Thien-Hue province have successfully performed a liver transplant on a patient with a tumour and hepatitis B.

Hue Central Hospital performs record number of organ transplants

The Hue Central Hospital in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue conducted 21 organ transplants in August, the highest number ever in a month, according to Director Prof. Ph.D Pham Nhu Hiep.

New miracles in 15 record-setting organ transplants within a week

Over 300 health workers at Viet Duc (Vietnam - German) Friendship Hospital have worked through the night to perform a total of 15 organ transplants in less than a week, setting a new record for the leading medical facility in multi-organ transplantation in Vietnam.

Liver transplant on youngest, lightest patient successful

Doctors of the Vietnam National Children’s Hospital have successfully conducted a liver transplant on a one-year-old baby weighing 6.7kg – the youngest and lightest patient to undergo this surgery in Vietnam so far.

Source: NDO/VNA