For the first time in 15 years a heart transplant was performed in Ukraine
26.12.2019 - 16:08
It was performed in conjunction with the doctors of the Kyiv Heart Institute in Kovel District Hospital On December 25, a heart transplant was performed in conjunction with the doctors of the Kyiv Heart Institute in Kovel District Hospital. In Ukraine, this operation was the first in the last 15 years. The patient with severe dilated cardiomyopathy was taken from Kiev to Volyn region for surgery.
«Heart transplantation. After a 15-year break, we did. Joint Brigade of the Heart Institute and Kovel Regional Hospital. The patient was taken from Kiev because it was impossible to bring a donor heart. Christmas for some became really the second birth, "- wrote the head of the Heart Institute, Boris Todorov.
Source: UANews