Vietnam performs first-ever domino multi-organ transplant

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The transplant recipient has recovered and is now in stable health. Photo by courtesy/VNA
A representative of Viet Duc Hospital reports on the domino multi-organ transplant case. Photo: Minh Quyet – VNA
Notably, the domino technique carries profound humanitarian significance as it optimises organs donated from a brain-dead donor, offering life-saving opportunities to multiple patients with end-stage organ failure. Photo by courtesy/VNA
With its clear benefits in expanding the donor pool and saving multiple patients, domino liver transplantation is considered an important strategy in modern transplantation and a testament to the remarkable advances of transplant surgery in Vietnam. Photo by courtesy/VNA
The medical team performs a domino multi-organ transplant at Viet Duc Hospital on March 13, 2026. Photo by courtesy/VNA
The successful implementation of domino liver transplantation at Viet Duc Friendship Hospital marks the first time this technique has been performed in Vietnam, opening a significant step forward in the country’s transplant field. Photo by courtesy/VNA
Vietnam performs first-ever domino multi-organ transplant
Vietnam has successfully carried out its first domino multi-organ transplant, a landmark medical achievement that underscores the country’s rapidly advancing organ transplantation expertise, the Department of Medical Service Administration under the Ministry of Health and Viet Duc University Hospital announced on March 19. The milestone operation was made possible by the organ donation of a 42-year-old woman who was admitted to Viet Duc University Hospital on March 11 following a serious traffic accident. Despite intensive resuscitation efforts, she fell into a deep coma with a Glasgow score of three, lost all light reflexes, and was declared brain-dead. Her family’s decision to donate her organs enabled multiple critically ill patients to receive life-saving transplants. Photo: Minh Quyet - VNA