Doctors at Cho Ray Hospital perform an organ transplant. (Photo courtesy of the hospital)HCM
City (VNA) – Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City in coordination with
Thong Nhat Hospital and the Children’s Hospital No.2 on June 23 launched the
country’s first ever software for organ donation, management, allocation,
and transplant.
The software was developed through the municipal Department of
Science and Technology’s research project at the three hospitals, Dr Du Thi Ngoc
Thu, head of Cho Ray’s unit for coordinating human organ transplants, said.
The system contains data on the waiting list to receive organs,
donation and matching and transplantation, she told a press briefing.
Dr Nguyen Tri Thuc, director of Cho Ray Hospital, said organ
donation and transplantation are complex processes requiring transparency and
collaboration in donation, allocation and transplantation to ensure the right
patient gets the right organ.
The use of information technology will ensure the best use of
organs and transparency in the entire donation and transplantation process, he
added.
According to the hospital, of the limited donation of organs in
Vietnam, 94.1% comes from living people and 5.9% from deceased people./.
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