2023-08-11 15:49:07
On August 11, speaking at the launching ceremony of the movement to register for tissue donation and organ donation in Hai Phong City, People’s Doctor, Associate Professor Nguyen Thi Kim Tien – Chairman of the Tissue Donation Campaigning Association, Viet Nam organ affirms that achievements in organ transplantation techniques must be closely associated with the contributions and noble gestures of organ donors.
“We honor and appreciate these very humane acts and hope that organ donation will spread widely in the community and society,” said Associate Professor Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.
[Cô gái 29 tuổi hiến tặng tạng giúp ‘hồi sinh’ những cuộc đời mới]
The chairman of the Vietnam Association for Tissue and Organ Donation said that up to now, the country has more than 72,000 people register to donate organs after death/brain death, but this is still a modest number out of a total of 100 million people in Vietnam. Therefore, the whole health sector in general and the Vietnam Organ Donation Advocacy Association need to step up to have more sources of donated tissues and organs. brain dead person.
Speaking at the ceremony, Associate Professor Nguyen Thi Kim Tien highly appreciated the achievements in the field of organ donation by the Hai Phong health sector in 2023. There were 2 successful kidney transplants at Huu Hospital. Viet Tiep Conference and 2 successful corneal transplants at Hai Phong Eye Hospital have brought normal life to patients. This is an achievement marking an important milestone in the development of Hai Phong’s medical industry.
Do Manh Thang – Director Viet Tiep Friendship Hospital Report on organ transplants performed at the Hospital. (Photo: PV/Vietnam+)
At the ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Quang Tap – Chairman of the Management Board of Viet Tiep Friendship Hospital said that in order to implement specialized techniques such as organ transplantation, Viet Tiep Friendship Hospital has developed a Kidney Transplantation Package with Viet Duc Friendship Hospital from March 2021, sent 39 staff to study and train; promulgating Decision 616/QD-BYT on the recognition of Viet Tiep Friendship Hospital as a medical facility eligible to perform the technique of taking and transplanting kidneys from living and brain dead donors…
The launching ceremony was held with the goal of uniting, unifying and mobilizing all people and society to voluntarily register to donate and donate tissues and organs while still alive or after brain death for humanitarian purposes to save and treat patients. According to Mr. Nguyen Quang Tap, an organ donor can save the lives of 8 to 10 other people, the registration of organ donation not only shows profound human values but also shows the spirit of solidarity and great love. .
Associate Professor Dong Van He – Director of the National Center for Organ Transplantation Coordination, Deputy Director of Viet Duc Friendship Hospital said that recently, the medical team of Viet Tiep Friendship Hospital has successfully performed two kidney transplant, officially named among the 25 facilities performing organ transplants in Vietnam.
Currently, out of 25 organ transplant centers across the country, only 5 are real hospitals Transplant regularly every week, while most other facilities have not been able to do it regularly because of the lack of donated organs.
He hoped that Viet Tiep Friendship Hospital would continue to develop organ transplantation techniques and promote the movement of organ donation to have a source of donated organs, thereby turning this technique into a routine activity. bring health to many city dwellers.
Program of gratitude to the families of organ donors. (Photo: PV/Vietnam+)
According to the Director of the National Center for Organ Transplantation, Hai Phong City is the first place in Vietnam to establish the Organ Donation Branch, the first unit to organize gratitude for organ donors on the anniversary of the organ donation. World organ donation (August 13), is also the 3rd unit of the country to organize the issuance of cards for organ donors.
At the launching ceremony, Viet Tiep Friendship Hospital organized gratitude for tissue and organ donors and awarded medals to the family of the organ donor. The Executive Committee of Hai Phong City People’s Organ and Tissue Donation Campaign Committee received the establishment decision.
Statistics of the Organizing Committee, as of the morning of August 11, 2023, in Hai Phong, there were more than 1,200 people registered to donate tissues and organs.
The launching ceremony of the movement to register for tissue donation and organ donation was held in Hai Phong City, by Viet Tiep Friendship Hospital in collaboration with the Vietnam Association for Organ Donation and Tissue Donation and the National Center for Organ Transplant Coordination. organization.
Thuy Giang (Vietnam+)
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