President TT-Hue commended the team that performed the heart transplant, setting 2 new records in Vietnam

On May 9, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Thua Thien Hue province Nguyen Van Phuong presented a certificate of merit to the medical team performing a special trans-Vietnam heart transplant, setting two new records in Vietnam.

Speaking at the commendation ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Van Phuong highly appreciated and recognized the outstanding achievements of the medical staff of Hue Central Hospital.

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Phuong, the success of Hue Central Hospital in trans-Vietnamese heart transplant once again affirms the position and prestige of Thua Thien Hue province in the roadmap of building the province to become the center of the region and the whole country. on culture – tourism, specialized health care, education and training, science and technology; develop Hue Central Hospital together with Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital to meet the standards of advanced hospitals in Southeast Asia, towards international standards in health… according to Resolution No. 54/NQ-TW of The political.

On this occasion, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Thua Thien Hue province visited and gave gifts to encourage heart transplant patient Mr. MSH (37 years old, residing in Quang Binh).

As reportedMr. H suffered from end-stage heart failure and received intensive medical treatment at Hue Central Hospital while waiting for the opportunity to receive a heart transplant.

The organ donor was a 19-year-old man who unfortunately died. With compassion and a wish that life could be continued in another special way, this young man’s family agreed to donate organs.

On May 5, a team of experts from Hue Central Hospital was supporting and transferring kidney transplant techniques to Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital – Ho Chi Minh City when they received news from the National Center for Coordination of Organ Transplantation. Announcement of coordinating a heart for a patient at Hue Central Hospital.

At this time, Prof. Dr. Pham Nhu Hiep – Director of Hue Central Hospital and also the head of the expert delegation immediately planned to receive organ coordination. The time of taking the heart almost coincided with the time of surgery for two kidney transplants at Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital, so the team of experts had to divide human resources to perform.

At 10:47 on May 6, the heart was removed from the donor’s chest at Gia Dinh People’s Hospital and safely arrived in Hue at 13:32 on the same day. In parallel with the movement of the heart, at the Cardiovascular Center – Hue Central Hospital, the patient receiving the heart was taken to the operating room at 12:10 pm, skin incision was made at 13 pm, and extracorporeal circulation was placed at 13:45.

After about 1 hour and 20 minutes of surgery, the heart was beating again in Mr. MSH’s chest. At 17:15 on the same day, the patient was transferred to the cardiac resuscitation room with stable hemodynamic parameters. On the morning of May 7, the patient was given oxygen through a mask, with good heart function…

According to Hue Central Hospital, the hospital’s heart transplant this time has set two new records in Vietnam, that is, the shortest time from trans-Vietnamese heart surgery to when the heart is beating again and the shortest operation time. .

To achieve such good results, in addition to the joint efforts of the Hospital and other units, it is impossible not to mention the quick and effective organ coordination of the Transplant Coordination Center. national organs.