[Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien (3rd person from left) visiting patients received a liver transplant. Photo: Ha An.

Congratulations to Health, Vietnam-Germany Hospital doctors perform heart transplants successful liver, PhD Minister appreciated the coordination of the National Coordinating Centre for human transplant organs and recognized the efforts of Cho Ray Hospital in resuscitation to maintain organs of brain dead patients. Next October, the Ministry will meet with the hospital to build up the registration process, coordinating donors. Currently the level of Vietnam organ par with many countries in the region, however, scarce sources of organs.

Therefore, the Minister requested the National Coordinating Centre cooperates with the tissue organ donation campaign more extensive propaganda to the people so that people understand the meaning and beauty of organ donation. Simultaneously published telephone number and criteria for organ donation and organ donation registration cards to people.

Besides, the Minister also asked the hospital building bracket for each type of organ with correct and full costs to suggest Vietnam Social Insurance payments and measures to support the poor by Humanitarian funds. Vietnam-Germany Hospital is tasked with preparing scientific topic of organ preservation and active research toward lung and pancreas transplants.

"In the future if there are more donors, we have thought of specialized vehicle equipped with transporting organs. Overseas Helicopter transporting organs, so in the long run Centre National Coordinator must seek socialization resources to equip the helicopter, "said Minister PhD.

Currently, in the developed countries, 90% of the organs for transplantation to patients was taken from brain-dead. In Vietnam, by contrast, the number of brain-dead donors in Vietnam-Germany Hospital in the last 5 years only 25.

Earlier, on 5/9, doctors Vietnam-Germany Hospital successfully performed a heart and liver transplants. Source organ is transported by plane from HCMC to Hanoi. More than 100 doctors two Cho Ray Hospital, Vietnam German race against time to transport organs fastest Hanoi.