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Written by: Cui Bi Zheng
2019-12-06 17:27
Last updated: 2019-12-06 17:28The number of organ donations and transplants this year has been significantly reduced compared to previous years. Yonggu Gu, director of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Queen Mary Hospital, revealed that yesterday (5th) the cardiothoracic surgery of the hospital had just completed a heart replacement operation, which made the 16-year-old with dilated cardiomyopathy. The young man was able to continue his life, the young man was awake, and the situation is stable now.
Together with yesterday's heart replacement surgery, so far this year there are only 8 heart transplant cases in Hong Kong. The number is the lowest in the past 10 years. There are still 65 patients waiting for heart replacement. The number of liver and kidney donations has also decreased significantly compared to the past, and it has also reached a new low of 10 years. The waiting time for patients waiting for a kidney change is nearly 4 and a half years. District Yonggu called on citizens to support organ donation.
Qu Yonggu said that so far this year there are only 8 cases of heart donation and transplantation in Hong Kong. The number of cases is the lowest in the past 10 years. There are still 65 patients waiting to change their hearts. He appealed to the public to support organ donation. (Profile picture / Photo by Lin Ruoqin)
Yonggu Qu, director of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Queen Mary Hospital, said the 16-year-old boy with dilated cardiomyopathy developed symptoms in 2016. The left ventricular assist device, commonly known as "artificial heart", was inserted the following year, but his heart was full because of the device. Scars, too many sticky tissues, increase the difficulty of removing the device and heart replacement. Yesterday's heart replacement operation took 8 hours to complete. The teenager is now awake and the situation is quite stable.
65 patients are still waiting for a heart change
Qu Yonggu pointed out that together with yesterday's heart replacement surgery, so far this year there are only 8 cases of heart donation and transplantation in Hong Kong. The number of cases is the lowest in the past 10 years. Currently, 65 patients are waiting for heart replacement. He continued that about 60% of the 65 patients had been implanted with a left ventricular assist device to extend their lives. This year, Mary ’s Hospital has implanted “artificial hearts” for 28 patients with end-stage heart failure. The number is second only to Japan in Asia. urgent.
As of September 30, the average waiting time for patients waiting for a change of heart was nearly 23.5 months. (Photo / Photo by Yu Junliang)
According to information provided by the Hospital Authority to the Legislative Council, as of September 30, the average waiting time for patients waiting for a heart change was nearly 23.5 months. However, there were 17 heart swap cases last year, and this year the number has dropped significantly.
In addition, the number of donations and transplants of liver, kidney, and lung has also decreased sharply compared with previous years. As of September 30 this year, there were only 36 kidney transplants, 28 liver transplants, and 6 double lung transplants, compared with 76 last year. There were kidney transplants, 53 liver transplants, and 6 double lung transplants. As of September 30 this year, there were 2,310 patients waiting for a kidney change, and they had to wait up to 53 months. There were 62 patients waiting for a liver change, and they had to wait 43.2 months.
This year, the number of organ donations and transplants has decreased significantly, and the number of donations for heart, liver and kidneys has reached a ten-year low. (Hong Kong 01 drawing)
Some medical personnel speculated that the decrease in organ donation may be related to political events, and the anti-government anger makes people lack a sense of belonging to the community and has become more indifferent and less concerned about organ donation.
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This year, the number of organ donations and transplants has decreased significantly compared with previous years. The Food and Health Bureau calls on the public from time to time to support organ donations. (Profile picture)
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