Despite storm-related disruptions and flight delays, the organs were successfully transported via a combination of air and ground travel. All patients are currently stable and recovering well.
Working through May 22 night into the early hours of may 23 Friday, local doctors, with support from Viet Duc Friendship Hospital specialists, retrieved the heart, lungs, liver, two kidneys and two corneas from a 37-year-old male donor.
Organ donations from deceased and brain-dead donors remain scarce, while the demand for transplants continues to rise, with the main reason being lack of public awareness and ineffective communication and advocacy efforts.
Doctors in Vietnam have performed over 1,000 organ transplants per year over the past two years, making the country the leader in Southeast Asia in the number of organ transplants annually. This achievement reflects significant advancements in the expertise, technical skills, and experience of Vietnam's healthcare sector in the sector.
Vietnam has established itself as the leading nation in Southeast Asia for organ transplants, performing over 1,000 procedures each year for the past two years.
This is the first time Saint Paul General Hospital and also the first medical facility in Hanoi has conducted multiple organ retrieval from a donor and two kidney transplants at the same time.
Statistics of the Ministry of Health show that in the past two years, more than 1,000 organ transplants have been performed each year, the highest in Southeast Asia.
Vietnam has successfully conducted organ transplants from brain-dead donors and is strongly encouraging people to register for organ donation after death, an official has said.
While Vietnam may have begun its journey in organ transplants four decades later than the rest of the world, its progress in the field has been nothing short of extraordinary. Through remarkable efforts, Vietnam’s healthcare sector has posted significant milestones and made a name for itself on the global medical stage.
Doctors from Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City and Viet Duc University Hospital in Hanoi have worked together to conduct several organ transplants donated from a single donor.
Organs from a brain-dead donor have been successfully transplanted into six patients by the Cho Ray Hospital and the Children’s Hospital No 2 in Ho Chi Minh City.
About 6,500 organ transplants have been carried out in Vietnam since the first in 1992, showing great efforts by the entire health sector but still modest compared to other countries, an official has said.
The Hue Central Hospital in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue conducted 21 organ transplants in August, the highest number ever in a month, according to Director Prof. Ph.D Pham Nhu Hiep.
Doctors of the Vietnam National Children’s Hospital have successfully conducted a liver transplant on a one-year-old baby weighing 6.7kg – the youngest and lightest patient to undergo this surgery in Vietnam so far.
Sixty six liver transplants have so far been performed across the country, with 34 donors being alive and 32 brain dead, according to the Vietnam Society of Organ Transplantation.
Up to 3,542 people nationwide have registered to donate their organs and tissue after they die as by December 31, 2015, according to the National Centre for Coordinating Human Organ Transplants.
