During the Holy Week of this 2022, EsSalud reported that six people received a second chance thanks to a 33-year-old man who decided to donate his organs to be transplanted to people on the waiting list. The donor donated his heart, liver, kidneys and corneas, organs that helped a total of six patients.
The heart was transplanted into a 35-year-old woman suffering from severe heart condition. The complex surgical intervention was carried out by specialists from the EsSalud National Cardiovascular Institute (INCOR).
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At the hospital William Almenara, a group of specialists placed the liver in another patient who suffered from liver diseases, risk conditions. In the same health center, doctors from the Transplant Department delivered a kidney to a patient diagnosed with chronic kidney failure: his life depended on a dialysis machine.
The other kidney and corneas of the young man who lost his life because of a brain trauma caused by an accident were transferred to the National Institute of Children’s Health to be referred to pediatric patients.
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Mary Díaz, EsSalud Procurement and Transplant Manager, thanked the donor’s family for the organs that made it possible for other people to have a second chance at life.
“A special thanks to the donor’s family who, in a very supportive gesture, allows their loved one to perennialize and give life to other people who were on the waiting list,” he said in a statement.
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The specialist asserted that, to date, there are around 4,000 patients waiting for an organ in the hospitals of It’s Health. Therefore, he urged the public to join this altruistic act.
“Donating organs saves lives. One donor can save the lives of up to nine people. That is why it is important that citizens decide to donate their organs and that this decision be recorded in their DAYS. We need the generosity and solidarity of the population. Without donors there are no Transplants”, she highlighted.
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