Quang Ninh: Vietnam - Sweden Uong Bi Hospital is qualified for kidney transplants

Currently, Quang Ninh has nearly 1,000 patients with kidney disease, of which about 30% are indicated for kidney transplant. Deploying kidney transplant techniques locally not only helps patients reduce the pressure of costs and waiting time, but also opens up opportunities to access high-quality healthcare right in the province.

Over the past year, Vietnam - Sweden Uong Bi Hospital has proactively invested in infrastructure, establishing specialized units to serve the transplant process such as: artificial kidney dialysis area, intensive care area, kidney removal and transplant surgery room, post-operative resuscitation system... The entire system ensures closed, one-way operation, meeting technical standards of sterility and biosafety. Medical equipment is invested in modern and synchronous, from MRI and CT-Scanner imaging diagnostic systems to dialysis machines, ECMO machines, kidney endoscopy machines and specialized surgical support equipment.

The Ministry of Health has just issued a Decision recognizing the Vietnam - Sweden Uong Bi Hospital as qualified to perform kidney removal and transplantation techniques.

At the same time, the Vietnam - Sweden Uong Bi Hospital signed a professional cooperation agreement with the Vietnam - Germany Friendship Hospital to receive technology transfer and train medical staff. The hospital's 60 medical staff have been thoroughly trained in the steps of the organ transplant process, from donor evaluation, organ preservation to transplantation and post-operative care.

Kidney transplantation is an effective treatment method that helps patients recover their health, prolong their life, return to work and significantly reduce long-term treatment costs.

Hospital leaders said that with full legal basis and careful preparation of human resources, infrastructure and equipment, Vietnam - Sweden Uong Bi Hospital plans to perform the first kidney transplant this April.

This is not the first time the unit has made a mark in the field of organ donation and transplantation. Previously, in April 2024, Vietnam - Sweden Uong Bi Hospital was the first provincial unit in the country to successfully perform multiple organ retrieval from brain-dead donors, saving the lives of 7 patients.

This success is the premise for Vietnam - Sweden Uong Bi Hospital to urgently develop a project and comprehensively prepare for kidney transplant implementation - a technique that requires high expertise, modern facilities and strict interdisciplinary coordination process.

Duc Duong

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