Doctors at Viet-German Hospital in Hanoi were successful in conducting three simultaneous kidney and liver transplant operations on the night of May 21, thus giving a renewed life to three people suffering from life threatening diseases, said Dr. Nguyen Tien Quyet, director of the hospital.
The three operations took seven hours and involved 120 physicians and nurses, said Quyet.
The liver recipient is a 54-year-old man from Hanoi who was living with Hepatitis C virus since 2005.
Last year in April he was diagnosed with liver cancer, and to stop the tumor from growing further, physicians had used strong drugs on two occasions to arrest growth in liver artery.
Two of the kidney recipients had been suffering from chronic kidney failure for a long time and were on machines three times a week before the operation.
As of now, all the three patients are doing well and showing positive signs of recovery after the operation.
To date, the hospital has conducted 150 successful kidney and 12 liver transplant operations in adults.
