A national coordinating centre for viscera transplant will be established following a recent decision made by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
A national coordinating centre for viscera transplant will be established following a recent decision made by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
The centre, whose headquarters is located in Hanoi , will operate under the Health Ministry and will coordinate donations and transplant of human tissues and organs between tissue banks and health care establishments in the country.
Vietnam sees a high demand for tissue and organ transplant with about 5.000 to 6.000 people in need of kidney transplant and another 23.000 cases waiting for lever transplants.
In Hanoi , more than 1,500 are waiting for liver transplants while hundreds of others for cardiac transplants.
At present, Vietnamese doctors are able to perform kidney, liver, stem cell and cornea transplantation.
(Source: VN+)
