About 1,000 people have attended a festival entitled “Joining Hands for Life” to honor those who have donated organs and raise community awareness of organ transplant and donation.
The festival has been held annually to raise community awareness of organ transplantation and donation (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - About 1,000 people have attended a festival entitled “Joining Hands for Life” to honor those who have donated organs and 🐠raise community awareness of organ transplant and donation.
With a message “Life is invaluable, please take a loving care of it”, the festival at the Youth Cultural Centre in Ho Chi Minh City on October 2 was a get-together of people who have donated their organ and tissue, relatives of brain-dead donors, and the receivers.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said there are thousands of people in Vietnam who are in need of organ transplant to survive.
She called on people from all walks of life to register to donate organ and tissue when they die as a gift of life for others.
According to the oganising board, over 400 people registered to donate their organ and tissue after they die during a week ahead of the event. In 2015, the similar event held in Hanoi saw the registration of nearly 1,500 people.
Vietnam conducted 1,281 kidney, 54 liver, 16 heart, eight bone marrow, one kidney-pancreas and one heart-lung transplants as of June 15, 2016.-VNA
Demand for body organs for life-saving transplants in Vietnam is high but supplies are low. This is because hundreds of people with terminal ailments - or their relatives - refuse to agree to donate vital body parts, such as heart, kidneys or liver.
Doctors at hospitals in HCM City and Hue this week conducted six successful organ transplant operations, saving the lives of four people and restoring the sight of two severely visually-impaired patients.
Up to 3,542 people nationwide have registered to donate their organs and tissue after they die as by December 31, 2015, according to the National Centre for Coordinating Human Organ Transplants.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the setting up of a research and development centre for human organ and tissue transplants at 108 Military Hospital.
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The festival has been held annually to raise community awareness of organ transplantation and donation (Source: VNA)
