Have foreigners and overseas Vietnamese been transplanted with organs of Vietnamese in Vietnam?

Have foreigners and overseas Vietnamese been transplanted with organs of Vietnamese in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 34 of the Law on donation, removal and transplantation of human tissues and organs and the donation and recovery of cadavers, taking and transplanting human body tissue and donating, taking the 2006 body tissue and transplanting human body parts related to foreigners are as follows:

1. Foreigners and overseas Vietnamese may be transplanted with organs of Vietnamese in Vietnam if they have the same bloodline with or are next of kin within three generations of donors or when donors have filed voluntary donation applications without identifying recipients' names.

2. Vietnamese may go abroad for donating their organs if they have the same bloodline with or are next of kin within three generations of transplant recipients.

Thus, you are allowed to transplant Vietnamese body parts in Vietnam because your case has the same bloodline (your own child).

What are the conditions for potential transplant recipients in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 30 of this Law, the conditions for a person to be transplanted are as follows:

1. Having a medical establishment's prescription for human tissue or organ transplantation.

2. Filing a voluntary application for transplantation. Written consent of the father, mother or guardian is required for recipients aged under 18 years.

3. For the transplantation of a non-regenerable organ from a living donor, written approval of a counseling council on removal and transplantation of organs defined in Article 15 of this Law is required.

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