A few weeks ago a multi-organ harvest was performed at the “Giovanni Paolo II” hospital in Ragusa.
The patient’s access to the emergency room immediately made the doctors understand that the cerebral hemorrhage left her with no expectation of survival. Thus the coordination machine for the collection and donation of liver, kidney and corneas was instantly triggered.
Driving the transplant coordination machine is Dr. Francesca Corsaro, coordinator designated by the Regional Transplant Center. The hours in intensive care saw the intensive care doctors busy supporting organ functions, with the precious and irreplaceable work of the nurses and support staff, coordinated by Dr. Giuseppe Occhipinti.
The collaboration of all the medical and technical staff of the Analysis Laboratory for the necessary tests, of the Radiology staff for the instrumental investigations and of the pathological anatomy for the meticulous study of every detail, up to the consultants of the various medical and surgical specialties and to the Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Giuseppe Cappello.
There was also psychological support behind the scenes, with the presence of Dr. Gianluca Mancuso who makes his expertise and humanity available on all the ASP facilities, and it is a fundamental role in supporting health workers even before families. Which, in the Iblea province, are increasingly generous also on the organ donation front, thanks to the tireless work of AIDO volunteers who, together with the ASP staff, are committed to training in schools.
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