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– Fifteen doctors of the Hue city
Central Hospital
successfully transplanted a heart to a 26-year-old man in a five-hour
operation, which ended at 3 am of March 2..

This is the second successful heart transplant case in Vietnam
after the first one at the Hanoi-based Military Hospital 103, which was aided
by foreign experts.

Bui Duc Phu, director of the Hue
Central Hospital
in the central city of Hue on March 2 announced
that the patient is Tran Mau Duc, 26, from Hue. The heart donator is from another
province and wished to be anonymous.

By 10 am of the same day, the patient regained consciousness
and was able to speak.

According to Phu, this surgery was done with the
participation of over 100 doctors and medical employees. Fifteen doctors were
directly involved in the operation.

President Nguyen Minh Triet sent a flower basket to
congratulate the doctors.

PV