Nguyen Hoang Nam, a 19-year-old student, suffered a traffic accident and was later declared brain-dead; his family donated his organs to patients with end-stage organ failure.
After the first transplanted heart completely failed, a 50-year-old patient faced multi-organ failure and a high risk of death, prompting doctors at hospital 108 to perform another heart transplant.
The Ministry of Health proposes allowing individuals aged 25 and older to donate body parts to non-relatives, aiming to mitigate risks of organ trafficking and forced donations.
After traveling 1,600 kilometers to the capital to await a lung transplant, a 59-year-old man, upon waking from surgery, quickly penned a note asking about his wife instead of his own condition.
A kidney from a 19-year-old brain-dead man in Quang Ninh was flown to Ho Chi Minh City, offering a second chance at life for a 7-year-old boy with severe kidney failure.
