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Doctors return to hospital for emergency liver transplant, saving critically ill patient while on Tet holiday travel

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Many doctors and nurses from Military Hospital 108, already home or en route for Tet celebrations, turned back to Hanoi to save a critically ill patient requiring an immediate liver transplant.

Son's liver saves mother from death's door on eve of Tet

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A 56-year-old woman, suffering from chronic hepatitis B that progressed to acute liver failure, was saved by her son's liver donation.

Wife donates liver to save husband with cancer

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After her husband's liver cancer recurred, a 33-year-old preschool teacher decided to donate a part of her liver for a life-saving transplant for her partner.

Two lives revived through heart and liver transplants from brain-dead donor

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University Medical Center Ho Chi Minh City successfully performed heart and liver transplants for two patients using organs from a brain-dead donor.

A new lease on life from a year-end liver donation

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A 43-year-old woman with decompensated cirrhosis due to autoimmune hepatitis, whose survival was measured in days, received a liver transplant from a brain-dead donor.