Vietnam performs first transplant of lung from brain-dead donorVietnam’s first patient undergoing a lung transplant with the organ donated by a brain-dead person is now in stable health 16 days after the operation, doctors said. Scene at the lung transplant at the Central Military Hospital 108Lieut. The patient’s only chance to survive was lung transplant. After finding a brain-dead donor, the hospital held a 40-hour inter-hospital consultation and decided to perform the transplant for the patient. To date, the hospital has successfully performed 18 kidney transplants, one liver transplant, 14 cornea transplants, and 27 marrow transplants.-VNA

Source: VietNamNet News March 16, 2018 12:45 UTC