In what cases can donors donate kidney while still healthy in Vietnam?

In what cases can donors donate kidney while still healthy in Vietnam?

In Article 14 of the Law on donation, removal and transplantation of human tissues and organs and the donation and recovery of cadavers in 2006, conditions and procedures for removal of living donor tissues or organs are specified as follows:

1. Only medical establishments specified in Article 16 of this Law may remove tissues or organs from living donors.

2. Tissues and organs may be removed only from living donors who have made donation registration. In emergency cases where it is necessary to transplant tissues or transplant tissues for a parent or sibling, it is permitted to remove tissues from a person who has not yet made donation registration when so consented by this person.

3. Before removing tissues or organs from a living donor, a medical establishment shall:

a/ Give counseling on health and social psychology to the donor;

b/ Examine biological parameters of the donor.

4. The Minister of Health shall make specific regulations on the counseling and examination of biological parameters of living donors.

Thus, for those who have not yet registered to donate, they can be taken in emergency cases that require tissue transplantation or need tissue transplantation for their father, mother, brother, sister. For those who have registered to donate, the above provisions do not apply in Vietnam.

In Article 16 of the Law on donation, removal and transplantation of human tissues and organs and the donation and recovery of cadavers in 2006, conditions on medical establishments engaged in human organ removal and transplantation are specified as follows:

1. A medical establishment engaged in human organ removal and transplantation must fully meet the following conditions:

a/ Having sufficient medical personnel who are professionally capable and qualified in human organ removal and transplantation, anesthesia and post-transplantation recovery as evidenced in specialty certificates or diplomas granted by medical establishments or training institutions.

b/ Having the chief of the human organ transplantation team who has personally engaged in transplant operations on humans;

c/ Having at least three sterilized closed inter-related rooms arranged in a one-way direction, including a room for human organ removal, treatment and preservation, a room for transplantation, and a room for post-transplantation recovery;

d/ Having a technical room exclusively used for the constant supervision of and care for donors or transplant recipients;

e/ Having an experimental transplantation unit;

f/ Having a testing room;

g/ Having a blood ventilation and dialysis unit for kidney transplantation;

h/ Having adequate medical equipment and instruments of functional exploration, hematology, biochemistry, microbiology, immunology, pathological surgery, diagnostic radiography, and quantification of anti-rejection drugs to ensure the diagnosis and supervision of donors and recipients before, during and after transplantation;

i/ Having sufficient medicines and drugs to meet the requirements of the process of removal, transplantation and post-transplantation recovery.

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