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Việt Đức Friendship Hospital ranks top in Việt Nam for organ transplants

Health experts reviewed the results of Việt Đức Friendship Hospital’s organ and tissue transplantation activities at a workshop on December 6 in Hà Nội.

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Việt Nam scores success on organ transplants, needs more donors
Việt Nam became the first country in Southeast Asia to successfully perform a limb transplant and a small intestine transplant from a living donor, making it one of only 22 countries world-wide capable of performing small intestine transplants in 2020.
Việt Nam leads Southeast Asia in organ transplants annually
Every day, dozens of patients pass away due to a lack of available organs, even as about 300 brain-dead patients and more than 6,000 organs and tissues are left unused.

Stronger efforts needed to restore vision for 300,000 people waiting for cornea transplants
About 3,000 patients have received cornea replacements since Việt Nam carried out the first transplant surgery of this kind in 2007.
Đức Giang General Hospital successfully performs first kidney transplants
The hospital has become the second medical facility under the Hanoi Department of Health (after Saint Paul General Hospital) to be named on the organ transplant map of Việt Nam.
Two patients who received kidney transplants discharged from Saint Paul hospital
Saint Paul General Hospital held a farewell ceremony for the first two patients who received kidney transplants from a brain-dead donor.

transplants

Việt Đức Friendship Hospital ranks top in Việt Nam for organ transplants

Việt Nam scores success on organ transplants, needs more donors

Việt Nam leads Southeast Asia in organ transplants annually

Stronger efforts needed to restore vision for 300,000 people waiting for cornea transplants

Đức Giang General Hospital successfully performs first kidney transplants

Two patients who received kidney transplants discharged from Saint Paul hospital