Thessaloniki: A mother gave life to her son again – 2024-03-10 04:56:25

Mother gave him away kidney to her 35-year-old son and emphasizes that “I was not afraid because I did it from the heart”.

“The gift I gave to my son was to give him one of my kidneys so he could have a better and quality life,” said Mrs. Stavroula Noka speaking to ERT.

After the successful transplant Mrs. Noka is preparing to be discharged, stressing that “I was not afraid because I did it from the heart. I wasn’t afraid at all.”

The 35-year-old receiver remains under medical observation. He had undergone a kidney transplant again years ago.

“Thank you mom for the gift you gave me. You gave me life again. I’m waiting to get up and go home and hug you,” emphasizes the 35-year-old.

For a week now, two operating room nurses and an anesthesiologist have been moving every Tuesday for 13 weeks to the “Hippocratic Hospital” from AHEPA in order to cover the great staff shortages and speed up kidney transplants.

From the two kidney transplants that are done every month in Hippocrates, a total of six will be done in the next three months, with dozens of patients changing their lives.

In 2022 there were 12 transplants from living donors and 18 in 2023 at the hospital.