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- It was achieved the donation of a liver, two kidneys two corneas and skeletal muscle tissue in the General Hospital of Iruapuato, Guanajuato. As a result, five patients who were waiting for a transplant were benefited; the Health Ministry reported.
It was achieved the donation of a liver, two kidneys two corneas and skeletal muscle tissue in the General Hospital of Iruapuato, Guanajuato. As a result, five patients who were waiting for a transplant were benefited.
A statement reported on Friday 13th of June that the relatives of a 47 years old patient, diagnosed with brain death in Irapuato, made the decision to donate the organs and skeletal muscle tissue.
Juan Salvador Rodríguez Jamaica, Medical Coordinator at the State Transplants Centre (Cetra), informed that the patient’s relatives -with a very strong awareness- requested their family member’s organs donation.
Immediate transportation of the liver, from the nearby Irapuato Baseball Park to the General Hospital of Mexico, was possible in the State of Guanajuato Urgencies System’s helicopter.
Los riñones y las córneas fueron trasplantados en el Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad (HRAE) de Guanajuato. Mientras que el tejido musculo esquelético fue enviado al banco de tejidos de Guanajuato.
Both kidneys and corneas were transplanted in the Guanajuato’s Regional High Specialty Hospital (HRAE). While the skeletal muscle tissue was sent to the Tissue Bank of Guanajuato.
With this donation is possible to save three people’s lives with the solid organs transplants, improve two people’s quality of life with the corneas transplant and the skeletal muscle tissue can improve more than 90 lives.
So far there have been 27 organ donors with 76 organs and tissues donated and transplanted in Guanajuato; standing on the top in terms of national donation. In addition they count with other 100 transplants, of which 64 were kidneys and 42 were corneas.
Source: www.radiformula.com.mx
