Children's Hospital 2 Liver transplantation for 3 patients in a week

According to BSCKII.Nguyen Hong Van Khanh, Deputy Head of Pancreatic Liver and Hepatitis Department, from the beginning of 2024, there were 6 children with kidney transplantation and 10 children with liver transplantation.This is the number of children with organ transplantation in a short period of time at the hospital.Particularly in the August week, doctors performed 3 liver transplant cases.

The cases of liver transplant are female patients, born in 2014, living in Binh Duong;Children, born in 2022, living in Hau Giang and Nam, born in 2021, living in Gia Lai province.Children with cirrhosis and have been treated regularly at the hospital.

It is expected that in November, the hospital will prepare liver transplantation for 4 cases of pediatric patients and prepare a few other preventive cases.The speed of graft has contributed to saving many children's lives, reducing the number of grafting.This comes from the fact that the Ministry of Health has decided to recognize the Children's Hospital 2 as a medical facility eligible for the technique of taking, transplanting kidneys, liver from the donor and from the donor of the brain death.

Currently, the demand for organ transplants for children at the hospital is quite high.For patients with liver transplantation is more than 100 babies.For patients with kidney transplantation, more than 70 cases.