A 53-year-old woman from Botoşani was given a new chance at life after undergoing a kidney transplant operation.
She, along with a 42-year-old man from Bacău, were on the transplant list for two years. The organs were taken from a 32-year-old man from Iasi, who was brain dead at the Neurosurgery Hospital.
“We are talking about two patients with a genetic disease, a coincidence, a genetic disease that can lead to kidney failure and dialysis. A patient from Bacău, younger than 42 years old, and a lady from Botoșani, 53 years old, who have been on the list for 2 years, the woman had dialysis sessions 3 times a week”stated Ionuţ Nistor, spokesperson of Parhon Hospital.
Transplant done for the first time
For the first time, on Sunday, an emergency liver transplant was performed at the St. Spiridon Hospital, for acute liver failure-fulminant toxic hepatitis. The recipient was a 33-year-old woman, mother of 4 children from Galati County, who was brought by emergency ambulance in a coma without being able to specify the toxic substance in the UPU and admitted to the ATI on Friday. For the Liver Transplant, the emergency transplant request was triggered Donor in brain death, Bucharest University Hospital, 56-year-old woman.
The sampling was done on Sunday morning by a surgeon from the Spiridon Hospital, together with the national transplant coordinator, they harvested the liver from the Sp Univ Bucharest graft brought by the IS-Buc airliner, which arrived at St. Spiridon at 2:15 p.m. The surgical team, led by Prof. Lupașcu, and the ATI Team led by Dr. Blaj, and Gastroenterologist Dr. Irina Gârleanu performed the liver transplant. Immediate favorable development.
