Hue Central Hospital has just announced that the 9th cross-Vietnam heart transplant was successful.
After 1 hour and 19 minutes of surgery, at 11:39 p.m. on July 6, the donated heart started beating again in the recipient's chest thanks to the efforts of the medical team at Hue Central Hospital.
After more than 1 hour of heart transplant surgery, the donated heart in Hanoi beat in the chest of a patient in Hue (Photo: Hue Central Hospital).
“There will be no fatigue in the Journey of Joining Hands to Continue Life”, shared Prof. Dr. Pham Nhu Hiep - Director of Hue Central Hospital, although the hospital's medical team has just gone through 2 difficult days, overcoming challenges of time and space to bring the “heart of Hanoi” safely back to Hue.
Accordingly, at 2:14 p.m. on July 5, upon receiving information from the National Organ Transplant Coordination Center, the organ transplant team at Hue Central Hospital was immediately activated. At 5:30 p.m. the same day, doctors carrying the patient's blood sample departed for Hanoi on the Vietnam Airlines flight 6:55 p.m. - 8:25 p.m.
The plan for organ coordination is constantly changing due to the need to calculate the compatibility between the time of heart extraction and the flights on July 6, 2023. As soon as the official plan for organ extraction surgery was announced at 5:20 p.m., the Hanoi - Hue flight only had one last flight taking off at 7:35 p.m., but the actual time to remove the heart from the chest was longer than expected.
“The heart is coming out”, “The heart is on the bus”, “Has the heart left for the airport yet?”, “Hopefully in time”; are the hurried, anxious messages from the Board of Directors and the organ transplant team of Hue Central Hospital, who are making every effort every minute, every second to get the heart to Noi Bai airport on time.
Bamboo Airways has provided maximum support for all flight procedures, and was forced to apologize to the passengers, waiting for the "heart" to fly back to Hue.
In response to that effort, the heart landed at Phu Bai Airport - Hue at 9:25 p.m. and arrived at the Cardiovascular Center - Hue Central Hospital at 9:48 p.m.
Immediately after receiving information that the heart had landed safely, the surgical team began the heart transplant steps, bringing life to the patient, Mr. TVG, 31 years old, residing in Thua Thien Hue, who had suffered from dilated cardiomyopathy - heart failure 13 years ago, and had received optimal medical treatment but until now his EF has decreased severely, his heart function has not improved and he is waiting for the opportunity to have a heart transplant.
After 1 hour and 19 minutes of surgery, at 11:39 p.m. on July 6, the heart started beating again in the recipient's chest.
Every beat of the heart in the new body is an explosion of joy, erasing all the stress, anxiety and difficulties throughout the journey for the organ transplant team.
One day after the heart transplant, the patient was extubated, fully conscious, hemodynamic and biochemical indices were stable, and heart function was good...
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