President praises hospital for successful liver transplantation for 9-month-old child
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has praised the Vietnam National Children’s Hospital for their successful liver transplantation operation on a nine-month-old child, who is discharged from the facility on April 11.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc praises the hospital for successful liver transplantation for 9-month-old child (Photo: The Vietnam National Children’s Hospital )
Hanoi (VNA) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has praised the Vietnam NationalChildren’s Hospital for their successful liver transplantation operation on anine-month-old child, who is discharged from the facility on April 11.
Weighing 8.2kilogrammes, the young boy was at the end-stage of a liver disease caused byadvanced biliary cirrhosis. It was a result of a rare disease of the liver andbiliary tract called congenital biliary atresia.
He thenunderwent a nine-hour surgery to receive a transplant from his father at theVietnam National Children’s Hospital on March 14.
This was the25th successful liver transplant at the hospital, and was entirely conducted bynative doctors with no help from foreign experts.
Acknowledgingthat the operation requires the most advanced techniques in organtransplantation, President Phuc praised the doctors for their thoroughpreparations to be fully in control of the preliminary examinations, as well asthe techniques in the transplantation, anesthesia and recovery process, withtheir relentless efforts in improving their medical knowledge and skills.
The successfuloperation has given new hopes to families whose children suffered fromend-stage liver failure diseases, said the President.
As of current,the Vietnam National Children’s Hospital has conducted the largest number ofchildren's liver transplants in the country, many of which are of complicatednature and require advanced skills. These include cases of different bloodgroups, children with liver cancer or genetic disease, and underweight childpatients.
President Phucsent his wishes that the doctors and medical staff at the hospital continuewith their spirit of “Dedication – Excellence for Vietnamese children’shealth”, to bring a new life to more children with severe illnesses./.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc praises the hospital for successful liver transplantation for 9-month-old child (Photo: The Vietnam National Children’s Hospital ) 
