The 52-year-old patient, Le Khac Ty, had been treated in intensive care at the hospital since 2014 for a tumour, as well as hepatitis B and cirrhosis.

Doctors in Hue Central Hospital performs the liver transplant.

He was advised to have a liver transplant and was put on the waiting list.

The patient received the new liver, which was donated by a brain dead patient in Hanoi, on August 31.

After 45 days of transplantation, the patient well recovered and came his normal life.

This was the first patient in the central and Central Highlands regions who was successfully transplanted liver by doctors of the Hue Central Hospital.

HCM City’s hospital successes in separating twins with attached liver

Doctors at the Ho Chi Minh City-based Children's Hospital 1 have successfully separated 1.5-month twin girls who were conjoined in the liver.

30 hospitals implement cashless payments

About 30 hospitals have carried out cashless payments so far, contributing to reducing queuing time and improving patient satisfaction, heard an online conference held by the Ministry of Health on September 20.

Hue Central Hospital performs record number of organ transplants

The Hue Central Hospital in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue conducted 21 organ transplants in August, the highest number ever in a month, according to Director Prof. Ph.D Pham Nhu Hiep.

Hospitals honoured for breastfeeding

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with Alive & Thrive on August 26 announced two hospitals as Centres of Excellence for Breastfeeding, including Tran Van Thoi Hospital in southern Ca Mau province and Can Tho Gynaecology and Obstetrics Hospital in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

Bac Giang Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital successfully performs surgery on 169 cases of congenital heart defects

(BGO) - Open and closed heart operation techniques were successfully transferred to the Bac Giang Obstetrics and Paediatrics Hospital in April 2015.  Over the past over 4 years, the hospital’s doctors have successfully performed surgery on 169 children diagnosed with ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus.

Source: VNA