HCMC Children’s Hospital 2 resumes liver transplant
A liver transplant was resumed yesterday at the Children's Hospital 2 in Ho Chi Minh City after a hiatus.
Children’s Hospital to continue liver transplants
As planned, surgeons of the Children's Hospital 2 will continue performing liver transplants with the support of their peers from the University Hospital of Medicine and Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh City in June.
Special flight carries liver of organ donor from Nghe An to Hanoi
The special flight, No.VN1718, of Vietnam Airlines last night departing from Vinh Airport carrying the liver of an organ donor arrived safely at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.
Accurate database to provide dwellers, businesses with utilities
Building a database is one of the important parts of promoting digital transformation. With a complete and accurate database, people and businesses are possibly provided with utilities; thereby, saving a lot of time, effort and money.
Rigid regultions impedes organ donation, transplantation for children
The law on donation, removal and transplantation of human tissues and organs and donation and recovery of cadavers has been effective from 2006, creating a legal corridor and providing life chances for many people suffering from serious diseases. However, organ donation and transplantation for children still face many barriers because of unreasonable regulations.
Ministry orders close supervision at border gates to detect acute hepatitis case
Today, the Ministry of Health sent an official dispatch to institutes of Hygiene and Epidemiology, institutes of Pasteur, and departments of health in provinces and cities nationwide, especially border crossings on the surveillance of acute hepatitis cases of unknown cause in children.
Surgeons perform endoscopy for living-donor liver transplantation
The surgeon team of the Hanoi-based 108 Central Military Hospital has just successfully performed laparoscopic surgery for living-donor liver transplantation, the first-ever of its kind performed by Vietnamese doctors.
Inadequate organ donation results in prevalent trade of human organs
The unavailability of adequate organs for transplantation to meet the existing demand has resulted in major organ shortage crises. As a result, there has been a major increase in the number of patients on transplant waiting lists as well as in the number of patients dying while on the waiting list. Worse, trade of human organs is prevalent.
23 successful organ transplants performed by Vietnamese doctors in 13 days
From August 30 to September 12, surgeons of Hanoi-based Viet Duc Hospital ( Vietnam-German Hospital) successfully carried out 23 organ transplants within 13 days for the first time in its history.
First liver transplant in Central region performed on cancer patient
Hue Central Hospital in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue yesterday announced the first liver transplant on cancer patient in the Central and Central Highlands regions.
Successful liver transplant on premature baby with end-stage liver disease
Surgeons of the Children Hospital No.2 in Ho Chi Minh City have performed a surgery on a premature neonate with neonatal liver failure to save his life.
Two Vietnamese among top 100 scientists in Asia
Prof. Dr Nguyen Thanh Liem and Dr Nguyen Thi Hiep have been named in a list of the top 100 scientists in Asia recently released by Singapore’s Asian Scientist magazine.
Successful liver transplantation conducted in baby younger than 1 year old
Vietnamese surgeons have performed successful liver transplantation conducted in a baby younger than 1 year old and underweight.
25,000 Vietnamese people die of liver cancer annually
Liver cancer is the fastest growing cause of cancer death in Vietnam with more than 25,000 cases yearly, said the two-day scientific seminar in the central province of Thua Thien- Hue, said the Hue Central Hospital and the Vietnam Liver and Bile Association at the seminar.
Lack of organs for transplant despite Vietnamese donors increase
Though more Vietnamese people have registered to donate their organs after death, there has been lack of organ sources for transplant surgeries, said Director of the Vietnam National Coordinating Center for Human Organ Transplantation Professor Trinh Hong Son at an international seminar on organ transplant yesterday.
Donated liver divided to save kid, adult
Viet Duc (Vietnam- Germany) Hospital in Hanoi yesterday announced that for the very first time surgeons have divided a donated liver for transplant surgeries on two patients in the end-stage liver disease.
Health sector’s nine outstanding events in 2018
The Ministry of Health has announced nine outstanding events of the health sector in 2018.
Over 19,300 people consent to donate organs
Thousands of people have registered to donate their organs in 2018 after a little girl agreed to give her cornea after death.
Two kids saved after liver transplant
Two kids with serious liver diseases are saved after surgeons of the National Children Hospital in Hanoi performed transplants.
Hospitals sign cooperation agreement to coordinate organ donations
Hospitals Cho Ray, Thong Nhat and Children Hospital No. 2 yesterday signed cooperation agreement to coordinate organ donations and charity kidney transplantation.