May 13, 2024, 5.28pm
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CATANIA – A multi-organ harvest was performed from a deceased donor due to brain death at the resuscitation center of the Arnas Garibaldi in Catania, directed by Daniela Di Stefano.
It was possible thanks to the generosity of a 41 year old patientarrived in hospital in very serious clinical conditions due to a head injury following a road accident in Ragusa.
Brain death confirmed let it be known from the hospital, consent to the donation of the organs was requested from the family, who, keeping faith with the generosity of their relative, did not hesitate to immediately express their consent.
“The activity of the regional and national transplant network began immediately – we read in a note – allowing the allocation of organs and responding to various emergency requests. They were deemed suitable for transplant: the heart, liver, and kidneys removed and transplanted, all by surgeons from Ismett, and corneas taken from the sampling center of the Arnas Garibaldi ophthalmology unit and sent to the Mestre bank”.
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May 13, 2024, 5.28pm
