Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Child patients will be given priority in kidney transplants when there is a brain-dead or non-heart-beating donor under a new agreement on organ transplantation between three major hospitals in HCM City. Chợ Rẫy Hospital, Thống Nhất Hospital and the Paediatrics Hospital No 2 on Tuesday (October 16) signed a two-year agreement to share organs donated by brain-dead and non-heart-beating people for transplants on child patients at Paediatrics Hospital No 2. The agreement would help the allocation of donated organs to candidates on the waiting list in the most equitable manner and develop an organ transplant system at city hospitals, Nguyễn Trường Sơn, director of Chợ Rẫy Hospital, said. Chợ Rẫy performs dozens of organ transplants using organs from living donors and brain-dead and non-heart-beating people every year, he said. Trịnh Hữu Tùng, director of the … [Read more...] about HCM City hospitals tie up for allocation of donated kidneys for transplant
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Hospitals sign cooperation agreement to coordinate organ donations
The agreement aims to exchange organs of living donor and brain-dead donors offering more opportunities for patients who await transplantation. Director of Children Hospital No.2 Trinh Huu Tung said for 14 years, the hospital has performed 16 kidney transplants and 12 liver transplants. Living donors are relatives of patients. Organ transplants on children got stuck because of regulation which bans people under 18 to donate organs. Counselor of the hospital Professor Tran Dong A said that he has petitioned transplants on kids many times yet his efforts failed. He said the government should allow brain-dead children can donate their organs because organs of a kid will be more suitable for other kids than that of an adult. Being a hospital which carry out tens of transplants annually, Director of Cho Ray Hospital Nguyen Truong Son said the hospital has cooperated with organ transplant associations in the world and in Australia. The National Coordination Center for Organ … [Read more...] about Hospitals sign cooperation agreement to coordinate organ donations
Doosan Vina and Korean university hospital honored for joint CSR program
Doosan Vina and Korean university hospital honored for joint CSR programBy Le Hoang Volunteers of Doosan Vina and Chung-Ang University provide health checks to local people - PHOTO: DOOSAN VINA HCMC - After 10 years jointly running the corporate social responsibility (CSR) program on medical services in Vietnam, on October 15, Doosan Vina and Chung Ang University Hospital were presented four certificates of merit in recognition of their significant contributions to healthcare in the country. Park Hong Ook, CEO of Doosan Vina, and Dr. Kim Seong Deok, director of Chung Ang University Hospital of Seoul, received the certificates at a ceremony in the central province of Quang Ngai. Attending the event was a delegation from Chung Ang University Hospital with 18 doctors who would spend a week carrying out this 10-year-anniversary medical CSR in Vietnam. This year’s the university hospital’s medical team is being led by Dr. Kim Seong Deok. The doctors and Doosan … [Read more...] about Doosan Vina and Korean university hospital honored for joint CSR program
Vietnam’s first tissue bank inaugurated at Vietnam – Germany Hospital
Hospital Director Tran Binh Giang said the bank is tasked with collecting, preserving, storing, and supplying tissues for medical and research establishments, as well as partnering with foreign individuals and organisations for health check-ups and treatment. As the first surgical hospital in Vietnam, the Vietnam – Germany Hospital conducts tens of thousands of surgeries each year to transplant hearts, blood vessels, and bones, which are in high demand in the country. It is expected to become a leading research and training centre on tissue preservation and stem cell transplantation, as well as transfer technology to other tissue banks which are to be set up in the future. Earlier, Minister of Public Security To Lam met two patients who underwent successful viscera transplantation at the hospital and decided to take 5 billion VND (217,000 USD) from the ministry’s fund to equip the hospital with six specialised organ storage containers. Thanks to them, the hospital was … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s first tissue bank inaugurated at Vietnam – Germany Hospital
Vietnam’s first tissue bank opened at top hospital
The Hanoitimes - The tissue bank is tasked with collecting, preserving, storing, and supplying tissues for medical and research establishments, as well as partnering with foreign individuals and organizations for health check-ups and treatment. The first tissue bank in Vietnam was officially opened at Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital on October 16. Participants cut the ribbon at the inauguration ceremony. Photo: Thuy Giang Prof. Tran Binh Giang, director of Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital, said that at his hospital and other surgical hospitals in Vietnam, surgeries to transplant bones, blood vessels, heart valves and veins are highly demanded. However, Vietnam has only two tissue preservation and research laboratories at Hanoi Medical University (in Hanoi) and Pham Ngoc Thach Medical University (in Ho Chi Minh City), but no real tissue bank has been established to carry out professional treatment for patients, Giang added. From this urgent demand, since 2016, … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s first tissue bank opened at top hospital