The 53 -year -old woman relaxes myocardial muscle, in the list of heart grafting, but it is difficult to receive a heart because of AB blood, not the most common in Vietnam.
On April 12, Dr.BS Ngo Vi Hai, Head of the Department of Surgery, Military Central Hospital 108, said that the patient was fortunate to receive the heart of a 50 -year -old man who died of brain due to stroke in Ho Chi Minh City.
She had serious breathing difficulties during the last 6 months, especially at night and when she struggled. Treatment can only help extend the time, cannot solve the cause. Heart transplant is the only method that can save her life, but waiting for the right heart is even more difficult when a woman has blood type AB.
On March 7, a man with a wide -scale brain bleeding, severe stroke, was diagnosed with brain death at Military Hospital 175. He had the desire to donate organs to save people if he accidentally died, so his family of painful compression made this vow.
The 108 hospital physicians went to Ho Chi Minh City, supporting the 175 Hospital to conduct a transplant – multi -organ graft from the first donor of the brain donor for the first time in this hospital. In addition to the heart, two kidneys, two liver, two cornea are also saved 7 others.
“The human heart is very good and fully compatible with the recipient,” Dr. Hai said, adding that both the giver and the recipient belong to the blood type AB.
“It is very rare for two patients to coincide with the age, body and blood type.
The doctors and doctors performed and transplanted multi -organ at Military Hospital 175. Photo: The hospital provides
The night of the same day, the heart was “escorted” by the doctors from Ho Chi Minh City to the 108 hospital. The surgery took place successfully, the new heart beat in the chest of the woman. Currently, the health of patients is stable, good heart function. This is the 4th heart transplant made at Hospital 108, marking a step forward in the 32 -year journey of organ transplantation and 14 years of taking organs from people for brain death in Vietnam.
In addition to the heart, the 108 hospital also performs the donor’s liver transplant for a 67 -year -old male patient. Assoc.
Specifically, the left liver lobes are transferred to Children’s Hospital 2 to graft for a baby with end -stage liver disease, while the liver lobes must be transported to Hospital 108 to perform grafts for patients who are in a state of liver coma due to acute liver failure. Thus, with a liver revived life for two patients. The transplant takes place smoothly, currently the patient is stable after liver transplantation.
Two tanks preserving heart and liver transferred to Hospital 108. Photo: The hospital provides
Organ transplantation is an important medical achievement, not only saving life but also significantly improving the quality of life for patients with end -stage organ failure. From 1992 to now, Vietnam has implemented more than 9,500 transplantes, which is the highest country in Southeast Asia (more than 1,000 cases/year).
In 2024, the great step in the organ donation movement. According to statistics, the number of donated subscribers tripled compared to previous years. The number of cases of brain donation also increased by 173% compared to 2023, reaching 41 cases, from which to save 157 people out of a total of 1,214 transplantes made nationwide. Notably, the ratio of organ transplantation from brain -dead people has reached nearly 13%, tripling than before.