Successfully completed in the “Hippocrates” Hospital in Thessaloniki the kidney transplant from the 14 -year -old drowned on the Arachthos River to a 32 -year -old man. The recipient will remain in close medical monitoring in the next 24 hours, according to the intended protocol.
At the same time, the dawn on Tuesday will be removed from the organs and from the youngest child, 12 years old, who was also drowned in the river, so that the liver transplant can follow in the same Thessaloniki hospital. In addition, the possible transplantation for the pancreas and a kidney will be considered.
OR First transplant in “Hippocrates” He did well, as the General Surgeon told RES-EIA, Associate Professor of Surgery – Transplantation at AUTH Nikolaos Antoniadis, who emphasized the importance of donating organs by relatives, who in the inexplicable pain decide to donate the most valuable.
“Brain death is death. It is confirmed by exams that are absolute and I mention it because there are some disputes. The brain is dead and the body is maintained with the machinery. The maintenance of the circulatory system is artificial. We must mention this so that there is no question in society, “said Antoniadis.
“The instruments are used and some of our fellow citizens always benefit. Kidney transplants are the only cure, being in dialysis is not a solution, and liver and heart transplants are surgery that saves lives, ”the surgeon concluded.
In addition, one of the 14 -year -old cornea is in AHEPA Hospital in Thessaloniki where his transplant is expected to be planned.