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Organ donors from brain-dead patients still scarce

Organ donors from brain-dead patients still scarce

Director of 108 Military Central Hospital Lt. Gen., Professor Mai Hong Bang moaned that although there is an increase in the transplants as well as the advancement of transplantation techniques, organ donors from brain-dead patients are still scarce.
Many children are undergoing hemodialysis in the Children Hospital No.2

Tight regulations limit chance of organ transplant for children

Organ transplant technique for children has been used in Vietnam since 2004; yet until now, the number of young patients being treated is still quite low. Healthcare experts have attributed this issue to the scarcity of donated organs, which to some extent results from unsuitable legal regulations.