Baby Vivan Vijayan's organs saved the lives of two Emiratis and a Saudi

Chairman of the National Committee for Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation, Dr. Ali Al-Obaidli

Dr. Ali Al Obaidly, the Medical Executive Director of SEHA Kidney Care and Chairman of the National Committee for Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation in the UAE, revealed that the Indian family of “Vijit Vijayan” donated 4 of the organs of her deceased two-year-old child, Vivan, to save 3 children. A kidney was transplanted to an Emirati child at Al Jalila Hospital, a liver and a kidney was transplanted to another Emirati child at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, in addition to a heart transplant for a Saudi child inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Al-Obaidli confirmed to "Emirates Today" that the UAE has established an inspiring model of tolerance and societal giving, noting that the health authorities in the country attach great importance to transplanting human organs and tissues, and cooperate and coordinate with the competent authorities in the UAE and outside the UAE in order to raise awareness of the importance of organ donation. to save the lives of patients.

Al-Obaidli said: "The process of organ transplantation and transplantation was conducted this week, strictly following the medical protocol for organ transplantation, which required full coordination with all organ transplant centers in the UAE under the auspices of the National Organ Transplant Committee in the country, which is responsible for matching blood type and tissues among patients. The potential and donor before the organ transplant. A sick child in Abu Dhabi who needed a liver and kidney transplant benefited from the donation process, and a kidney was transplanted to a sick child in Dubai, while a heart was transplanted to a patient from Saudi Arabia.

Al-Obaidli confirmed that the heart was transported to the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to be transplanted to a Saudi child in accordance with international medical standards and protocols approved within the framework of the Organ Transplant Exchange Program between the UAE and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, noting that the donation process contributed to saving the lives of the three patients, and placed An end to their suffering from incurable diseases that prevented them from leading their normal lives, which confirms that a single person's donation may contribute to saving many patients.

Al-Obaidli stressed that the organ donation and transplantation program is a humanitarian program that reflects the prevailing spirit in the UAE society, which was implanted in us by the founding fathers with white hands, pointing out that the pinnacle of human feelings is the approval of the family of the deceased, especially when he is a child, to donate the organs of their deceased, as they strive despite Bitterness of loss in saving the lives of others.

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