The Military Hospital 103 and the 108 Military Central Hospital have cooperated to collect and transplant organs from a 20-year-old man, who was declared brain-dead following a severe traffic accident.

A doctor from the 108 Military Central Hospital in Hanoi said on Friday that the hospital had helped the Military Hospital 103 retrieve seven organs, including a heart, a liver, a lung, two kidneys, and two corneas on Wednesday from a brain-dead man whose family decided to donate his organs to needy patients.

After admitting the man for emergency treatment following a severe traffic incident, the Military Hospital 103 in Hanoi diagnosed him with a traumatic brain injury. 

Despite medical efforts, the man fell into a coma and was pronounced brain dead.  

His family then made the courageous decision to donate his organs in order to save patients in need.

The Military Hospital 103 then contacted the 108 Military Central Hospital for aid in transplanting the man’s organs.

Therefore, the 108 Military Central Hospital on Wednesday afternoon sent some experts to the Military Hospital 103 to support with organ retrieval and transplants.

The donor’s liver and two kidneys were transplanted into patients at the Military Hospital 103.

Meanwhile, the donated heart was given to a patient at the Hue Central Hospital in Thua Thien-Hue Province, central Vietnam.

A lung from the young man was used to save a patient at the National Lung Hospital in Hanoi.

The recipients of each of the man’s organs are showing positive recovery.

The patient, who underwent a liver transplant, is now conscious and able to speak normally.

This was the third liver transplant that 108 Military Central Hospital has supported the Military Hospital 103 under a liver transplant technique transfer contract.

Until now, the 108 Military Central Hospital has performed over 250 liver transplants, 500 kidney transplants, two heart transplants, four lung transplants, and four limb transplants.

The hospital carries out 50 transplants a year, and aims to raise the number to 100 per year in the near future.

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