Dr Du Thi Ngoc Thu, head of the hospital’s organ transplant coordination unit, said that as soon as receiving information about a brain-dead donor, the hospital quickly mobilised personnel to carry out legal procedures and professional processes.

Within 24 hours, the process of receiving the donated liver, two kidneys, two corneas, and skin to conducte transplantation for six patients was completed. The last surgery ended at 8:00 pm on May 3.

Specifically, the skin was transplanted to a 62-year-old female patient from Binh Dinh province, the liver was transplanted to a 62-year-old male patient from Soc Trang province who suffered cirrhosis due to hepatitis B, two corneas for two female patients with corneal dystrophy, two kidneys for a 51-year-old female patient from Hau Giang province and a 48-year-old male patient from Dong Nai province with end-stage chronic renal failure.

Currently, the vital signs of the organ recipients are stable, the patients are being closely monitored.

Brain-dead organ donor helps save four people

More than 200 health professionals from the University Medical Centre Ho Chi Minh City (UMC) successfully performed organ procurement and transplantation from a brain-dead donor for four recipients on January 25.