Death in Lanusei, new life in Cagliari: the generosity of a family and the transplant
A man died during the night at Our Lady of Mercy: his loved ones immediately gave the green light to have his liver removed
He died suddenly, after being admitted to the Nostra Signora della Mercede hospital in Lanusei in recent days, where the man had arrived in very serious conditions. A drama which now, however, may have sparked new hope. The family members of the deceased patient, whose brain death was confirmed around 1am today, gave the green light to the liver removal .
The organ was thus donated to a Sardinian patient who had been waiting for a transplant for some time . The surgical team of the Brotzu of Cagliari, directed by Fausto Zamboni of the liver transplant center, reached the Ogliastra facility in the early morning and, together with a multidisciplinary team from the Lanusei hospital composed of the surgeon Gian Pietro Gusai and anesthetists and instrumentalists , made the withdrawal. Now the organ will be taken to the capital, where a patient will be waiting for it and will be able to start a new life again.
«The successful outcome of this process», explains the director of the Lanusei hospital Francesco Loddo, «demonstrates how important active participation is for spoke hospitals like ours in the Sardinian transplant network in which the blood sampling center is active and efficient. body of the Ogliastra Local Health Authority". Then a thought for the loved ones of the deceased: «Our thoughts go first and foremost to him and his family who did not hesitate for a moment to offer their consent to the removal of his organs. This gesture of extraordinary generosity will give life to another person ."
(Unioneonline)
