The Procurement and Transplant Manager, Mary Giselle Díaz Gálvez, emphasized that nearly 4,000 patients are waiting for an organ donation in EsSalud hospitals.
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a miracle of Holy Week. Six people will continue with life thanks to the timely organ donation of a 33 year old who died of severe head trauma after suffering an accident.
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The relatives decided to donate his heart, liver, kidneys and corneas. The aforementioned organs were transplanted to six patients on the waiting list.
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The heart went to a 35-year-old woman who suffered from a condition that put her on the verge of death. The operation was carried out by specialists from the National Cardiovascular Institute of EsSalud.
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One of the kidneys was referred to the Guillermo Almenara hospital where it was awaited by a patient with chronic kidney failure. In the same hospital, the liver was received by a man with severe liver disease; while the other kidney and corneas were taken to the National Institute of Child Health (INSN) for three pediatric patients.
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The Procurement and Transplant Manager, Mary Giselle Díaz Gálvez, thanked the family of the deceased young man for the multiple organ donation and emphasized that nearly 4,000 patients are waiting for an organ donation in EsSalud hospitals.
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Remember that donating organs saves lives and that a donor can continue the lives of up to 9 people.
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