A 19-year-old British tourist passed away after a traffic accident in Vietnam; her family decided to donate her organs, saving three patients with severe organ failure.
Viet Duc Hospital announced the successful completion of Vietnam's first domino liver transplant, where doctors used the liver from a recent organ recipient to perform a subsequent transplant for another patient.
On a flight from TP HCM to Hanoi, the passenger cabin held special containers, carrying the heart and donated organs of a deceased person, prepared for transplantation into several other patients.
The Ministry of Health has instructed hospital leaders nationwide to immediately rectify organ donation and transplant procedures to thoroughly prevent illegal organ brokering and trading.
Doctors at University Medical Center Ho Chi Minh City successfully performed a heart transplant from a donor in Hanoi, saving an 11-year-old boy early on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year.
The family of a young man from Hung Yen, declared brain-dead after a traffic accident, decided to donate their son's heart, liver, and two kidneys, helping to revive four critically ill patients at Viet Duc Friendship Hospital.
As the new year approached, the University Medical Center HCMC mobilized over 200 personnel to successfully perform four simultaneous heart, liver, and kidney transplants from a single brain-dead donor.
A 25-year-old man had his finger completely severed when a pot of banh chung unexpectedly spilled and hit his left hand while he was preparing for tet.
Doctor Sam Thanh Tai, 33, was recently discharged after a successful kidney transplant from a brain-dead donor, preparing to celebrate Tet with his family and hoping to return to work in the highlands soon.
