SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1979
SURGEONS PERFORM KIDNEY TRANSPLANT OPERATIONS
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TWO KIDNEY TRANSPLANT OPERATIONS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN PERFORMED BY SURGEONS AT PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL.
THE TRANSPLANTS WERE PERFORMED ON TWO WOMEN, BOTH AGED ABOUT 40, ON THE SAME DAY USING THE KIDNEYS OF A FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIM.
THE TWO PATIENTS ARE NOW RECUPERATING AT THE HOSPITAL IN A SATISFACTORY CONDITION.
THE PATIENTS, WHO WISHED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS HAVE BEEN RECEIVING DIALYSIS TREATMENT AT THE HOSPITAL FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
THANKS TO THE KIDNEY DONOR, THEY WERE ABLE TO BEGIN A NEW LEASE OF LIFE. BOTH SAID THEY WERE FEELING WELL AND HAD VERY GOOD APPETITE.
THEY EXPRESSED GRATITUDE TO THE DOCTORS, NURSES AND OTHER STAFF IN THE HOSPITAL AND ESPECIALLY TO THE KIDNEY DONOR FOR THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSPLANTS.
+I HOPE THE PUBLIC WOULD RESPOND FAVOURABLY TO THE APPEAL MADE BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR KIDNEY DONATION SO THAT MORE PATIENTS WOULD BENEFIT, ONE OF THEM SAID.
RENAL TRANSPLANTATION IS NOWADAYS AN ACCEPTABLE METHOD OF TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE. IN THE WORLD, THERE ARE QUITE A NUMBER OF PATIENTS WHO ARE LEADING A MORE OR LESS NORMAL LIFE AFTER RENAL TRANSPLANTS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT AT PRESENT SOME 30 PATIENTS NOW BEING TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL'S · HAEMODIALYSIS UNIT ARE CONSIDERED TO BE SUITABLE FOR RENAL TRANSPLANTATION AND SOME OF THEM HAD BEEN WAITING FOR... MORE THAN TWO YEARS FOR A DONOR.
+IT IS ONLY UNTIL RECENTLY THAT WE HAD A DONOR WHOSE RELATIVES AGREED TO DONATE THE KIDNEYS, HE SAID.
+WE HOPE MORE PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WILL AGREE TO DONATE THEIR KIDNEYS SO THAT MANY MORE LIVES COULD BE SAVED, HE ADDED.
UNTIL THE OPENING OF THE RENAL UNIT AT PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL ABOUT A YEAR AGO, KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS WERE PERFORMED BY THE SURGICAL UNIT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AT QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL. DURING THE PAST YEARS, SOME 20 SUCH OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED.
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