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Nguyen Hoang Phuc, deputy director of the National Coordination Center for Human Organ Transplantation (Ministry of Health), said in recent days, when information from patient 91 (43 years old, British, male pilot) Vietnam Airlines) with Covid-19 Critically ill and lung transplantation was the only way to save patients’ lives published by the media, the Center received a request from two people with the desire to donate lungs to save lives. British pilot this.
Patient Council 91 Interprofessional Meeting – Photo: Le Hao
According to Mr. Phuc, a woman over 40 sent a text message with the content: “If you sign up for living organ donation, how are you going to donate lung? Or do you have to wait for patients with brain death get all the lungs? ” If, like the kidneys, only part of the lung wanted to request a donation “… Sharing the intention to donate the lungs, this woman said:” Life is impermanent, for more than 40 years I have received so much love, help and luck. Well, let love spread, … bring love and share to help others … “
The second case is a veteran at Dak Nong. The Center was contacted twice to be willing to donate part of his lung because he thought the patient had been transferred to another hospital for a transplant. He was willing to donate his lungs even though he didn’t know if he was eligible or if he was old enough. “He said it was necessary to save the patient’s life, no matter who they are because it is not only human love but also the prestige of the country, the health sector of our country,” said Phuc. According to Phuc, the old veteran, through the Red Cross, found a phone number to contact the Center and expressed his desire to donate lungs to transplant to British pilots.
According to Mr. Phuc, lung transplant for patients will be evaluated by the professional committee, but with the highest priority, lung transplant cases are still looking for people to die from brain donation. However, by sharing kindness, gestures are truly a source of encouragement and encouragement for the healthcare sector in the end to heal critically ill patients, regardless of who they are.
A lung transplant at the Viet Duc Hospital – Photo: BVCC
The condition of the male pilot with Covid-19 is known to continue to have a poor prognosis. The results of the computed tomography of the lungs showed that the patients’ lungs were fibrosis, they solidified, only around 10% were active. Currently, the cost of treating this male patient (for almost 60 days) has reached 3 billion VNDs, including more than 35 days of operation with ECMO (artificial pulmonary heart). The only way to save the lives of existing patients is a lung transplant.
Previously, many leading experts from many large hospitals had consulted the hospital to consider a lung transplant option for this male patient. The Medical Services Administration (Ministry of Health) has asked the Viet Duc Hospital, the Cho Ray Hospital, the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City and the National Coordination Center for Human Organ Transplantation to carry out a plan for transplant. lungs for patient 91. However, the patient is not currently eligible for a lung transplant.
According to experts, a lung transplant is an extremely difficult technique, especially care and treatment after a lung transplant is even more difficult. This technique requires careful preparation because the success rate after lung transplantation in the world is not the same as liver transplant, heart transplant, kidney transplant. There are two sources of lung transplantation, one is to take a lobe of the lung, a part of the donor’s lungs lives for the sick person; The second source is from the brain donor that is donated to the sick person, in which the two lungs of the brain donor are better because the donor’s lung transplant can only take part of the lung.
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