Minister Dao Hong Lan sent a letter praising the multi-organ transplant that revived 8 people in 24 hours.

Major surgeries require expertise and technical expertise.

In a letter of commendation sent to the staff, doctors, and medical staff of Viet Duc Hospital and the National Coordination Center for Human Organ Transplantation, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan expressed her joy and pride when hearing that Viet Duc Hospital and the National Coordination Center for Human Organ Transplantation had successfully coordinated to perform two operations to retrieve multiple tissues and organs from brain-dead people within 24 hours, bringing life to 8 people.

According to Minister Dao Hong Lan, these are major surgeries that require expertise and technique even in countries with advanced and developed medicine in the world. That further demonstrates the world-class achievements of Vietnamese medicine in general and the field of Surgery in particular; demonstrating the motto of "going later and getting ahead" in performing organ transplant techniques, with high survival rates and reasonable costs.

"The successful implementation of the above organ transplant is an extremely meaningful highlight in early 2024, a practical action to celebrate Vietnamese Doctors' Day February 27, 2024; bringing faith, hope, and opportunities for a new life to thousands of patients waiting for organ transplants and once again affirming more clearly the ability to master technology, the smooth, timely, effective coordination and medical ethics of the doctors and nurses of Viet Duc Friendship Hospital and the National Coordination Center for Human Organ Transplantation" - Minister Dao Hong Lan emphasized. On behalf of the leaders of the Ministry of Health, Minister Dao Hong Lan warmly commended and highly appreciated the expertise and professional ethics of the medical staff of Viet Duc Hospital and the National Coordination Center for Human Organ Transplantation. The Minister of Health believes that the cadres, doctors, and medical staff of Viet Duc Friendship Hospital and the National Coordination Center for Human Organ Transplantation will continue to promote the achievements that have been achieved, not only in the future but also in the future. Stop regularly studying and researching, improve professional qualifications and skills; try harder with the responsibility of those who do the job of treating and saving people, promote ethics, medical ethics and good qualities of Vietnamese doctors; continue to spread the good values ​​of the medical industry in the coming time. On this occasion, Minister Dao Hong Lan wished the staff of the entire health sector in general and Viet Duc Hospital, the National Coordination Center for Human Organ Transplantation in particular good health and success, and excellently complete the task of taking care of people's health.

6 operating tables and hundreds of doctors, specialists, and workers performed organ transplants to revive 8 lives.

Previously, on the morning of January 10, Viet Duc Hospital informed the press that in less than 24 hours, the hospital had performed 2 operations to retrieve tissues and organs from brain-dead donors, bringing life to 8 cases.

This result contributes to highlighting the achievements of the Vietnamese medical sector, which, together with the noble gesture of the donor's family, the high level of expertise, careful preparation of equipment, logistics and coordination, has brought hope for a new life to thousands of patients waiting for organ transplants...

According to Dr. Duong Duc Hung - Director of Viet Duc Hospital, this is the result of changes in the hospital's communication and advocacy policy on organ donation and transplantation. Dr. Hung said that to carry out this organ retrieval and transplantation, the operating room of Viet Duc Hospital was "like a festival" because the surgical teams were ready to perform the retrieval and transplantation when it could be done immediately, for example, two consecutive heart transplants at the hospital. 6 operating tables in the operating room were constantly lit, hundreds of doctors, specialists, and indirect workers participated in these multiple organ donation and transplantation cases. From the donated organs of patients N. and PVG, 8 people were revived. Of these, 2 patients received heart transplants (one female patient was only 8 years old), 2 patients received liver transplants, and 4 patients received kidney transplants.

According to the National Coordination Center for Human Organ Transplantation, there are currently tens of thousands of people in our country who need tissue and organ transplants to sustain their lives, but they have not been able to do so because there is not enough tissue and organ source for transplant. Since 2010, Viet Duc Hospital has performed 59 heart transplants, 88 liver transplants, 185 kidney transplants and many other tissue transplants. Tissue and organ transplants are one of the important achievements of the medical sector in treating diseases, especially for patients with chronic and serious diseases due to impaired function of tissues and organs that cannot be recovered such as: chronic kidney failure, liver, heart, bone marrow, corneal damage... Successfully performing organ transplants from brain-dead donors opens up opportunities for a new life for many patients and at the same time promotes the development of organ transplants in the Vietnamese medical sector.