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Riyadh: 5 sufferers have been given a brand new lease on life after the household of a 24-year-old affected person, who was declared mind lifeless after a automotive accident, agreed to donate his very important organs for transplantation.
The 10-hour surgical procedures, which came about on the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Analysis Centre (KFSHRC) in Riyadh, noticed the 5 sufferers, who had been affected by organ failure, individually obtain a small bowel, liver, coronary heart and kidney from the person.
The surgical procedures came about concurrently with the assistance of knowledgeable surgeons who labored side-by-side to carry out the process, Arab Information reported.
“These refined surgical procedures could be solely achieved, concurrently, in a number of superior medical centres all over the world, as they require extremely certified and knowledgeable medical groups with a well-equipped infrastructure that features fashionable working rooms, lab, radiology and different specialised medical tools,” KFSHRC chief Dr Majid Al Fayyadh mentioned.
Surgical groups labored all night time to retrieve the organs from the donor, whereas a distinct set of specialists labored on transplanting them to the 5 sufferers, he mentioned.
The 5 sufferers had been a 36-year-old feminine; a 34-year-old male; a 60-year-old feminine; a 63-year-old male and a 23-month-old child.
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