according to Fuzhou The Evening News reported recently that, Fujian On the same day, the organ transplantation center of Union Hospital affiliated to Medical University carried out three organ transplantation operations of "one liver and two kidneys" for children. Nanping Organs donated by Xiao Fang (not her real name), a 16-year-old girl who died in a car accident, helped 3 families to get new life.
It is understood that the day of the accident was Xiaofang's 16th birthday. On the way home from buying a cake and riding an electric bike, she was unfortunately hit and sent to the local hospital for rescue, which was invalid and was judged as "brain death".
Xiaofang's parents took the initiative to find the staff of the Union Hospital affiliated to Fujian Medical University and the OPO (Organ Acquisition Organization), and asked if they could donate the child's organs.
Witnessed by the Red Cross staff, they signed an organ donation consent form and donated Xiao Fang's three organs, one liver and two kidneys.
Through the allocation of Chinese human organ distribution system, three children of Xiaofang's age matched successfully and became the objects of donation. Among them, a 14-year-old girl suffered from liver failure and hepatolenticular degeneration, and a 17-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy suffered from uremia.
Under the close cooperation of the hospital in multiple disciplines, three organ transplantation operations were carried out in the Union Medical College Hospital on the same day. Among them, the first pediatric liver transplantation operation in Peking Union Medical College Hospital took 8 hours to complete, with only 500 ml of bleeding during the operation. "The blood vessels of children are thinner than those of adults, and the operation time is about the same as that of adult liver transplantation," said Teng Dahong, chief physician of the organ transplantation center.
At present, all three children have recovered and left hospital.
It is reported that the Union Hospital affiliated to Fujian Medical University has been set up public welfare Fund, and Quanzhou The Charity Federation (Yingguang Charity Fund) cooperates to provide assistance for poor families with liver disease (without geographical restrictions on household registration) in the operation of liver transplantation. In addition to medical insurance and other reimbursement, it can provide a subsidy of up to 100000 yuan. (Reporter Zhu Danhua, Correspondent Su Ping)
