Mongolian doctors are ready to operate liver transplantation on their own
State Central Clinical Hospitals Organ Transplantation Team preformed two surgeries on October 29 and 30. These surgeries accounted for two of only three patients to undergo liver translate surgery in Mongolia.
Mongolian doctors worked alongside Korean doctors and reported that the surgery went successfully. Cancer has increased in Mongolia, with liver cancer and deaths from the disease on the rise.
At the end stage of the liver cancer or when the liver becomes hard, there is only one option left, to perform a transplant.
The surgeries were done in cooperation with the ASAN Medical Center in Korea. The Director of the Organ Transplantation Center of the ASAN Medical Center said that they are going to continue cooperating in the further.
Liver transplant surgery is a team effort. The Mongolian transplantation team consisted of 24 people and the team from Korea consisted of 22 people and who brought with them their own technology and expertise.
The three patients were between 38-45 years old. The State Central Clinical Hospitals Organ Transplantation Team Chief and Administrator of Surgery Faculty of Health Science University of Mongolia Ph.D. O.Sergelen reported the first surgery took 17 hours, the second 14 and the third surgery 12 hours.
And we had a brief interview with him.
- How about the recuperation of the first patient? Did she come from Korea?
- We have contracted to take patients to Korea 10 days after surgery. The first patient has returned from Korea and her recuperation is going well.
- When are the Mongolian doctors going to do this surgery on their own?
- The technology is deficient. Thus the Government submitted 600 million MNT for the needed technology. Mongolian doctors could start to do surgery, when we buy the technology.
- Are there many patients, which need liver transplants?
- After these liver transplantation surgeries many people contacted us. The liver becomes chronic and hard after 10 years if the patient have hepatitis B or C virus of liver. Thus, this kind of surgery has urgent need in our country.
- How about the cost of surgery?
- These three surgeries cost 50 million MNT. The 50 million was spent only for patients’ treatment; we did not calculate salary and overtime salary of doctors. This surgery will be included in Health Insurance beginning next year; thereupon the cost of the surgery will be down.
- Is it possible to make surgery with dead donor?
- The surgery with a dead donor is regulated by Donor Law. We are ready to do surgery with dead donors.
ASAN medical center is the leading center in the world by organ transplantation from Alive Donor. Director of Organ Transplantation Center of ASAN medical center said: “90% of the liver transplant surgeries in our medical center are done from dead donors. We have completed this kind of surgery in about 3300 patients.”
Minister S.Lambaa of Ministry of Health received the team from Korea, expressed gratitude for cooperating and supporting the efforts. S.Lambaa gave badges of the Ministry of Health to five of them. The Minister has submitted 600 million MNT from Government for the necessary equipment and technologies. They 4 years preparation and work of our doctors show us the result. It’s a big development for Mongolian health science.
Mongolian doctors worked alongside Korean doctors and reported that the surgery went successfully. Cancer has increased in Mongolia, with liver cancer and deaths from the disease on the rise.
At the end stage of the liver cancer or when the liver becomes hard, there is only one option left, to perform a transplant.
The surgeries were done in cooperation with the ASAN Medical Center in Korea. The Director of the Organ Transplantation Center of the ASAN Medical Center said that they are going to continue cooperating in the further.
Liver transplant surgery is a team effort. The Mongolian transplantation team consisted of 24 people and the team from Korea consisted of 22 people and who brought with them their own technology and expertise.
The three patients were between 38-45 years old. The State Central Clinical Hospitals Organ Transplantation Team Chief and Administrator of Surgery Faculty of Health Science University of Mongolia Ph.D. O.Sergelen reported the first surgery took 17 hours, the second 14 and the third surgery 12 hours.
And we had a brief interview with him.
- How about the recuperation of the first patient? Did she come from Korea?
- We have contracted to take patients to Korea 10 days after surgery. The first patient has returned from Korea and her recuperation is going well.
- When are the Mongolian doctors going to do this surgery on their own?
- The technology is deficient. Thus the Government submitted 600 million MNT for the needed technology. Mongolian doctors could start to do surgery, when we buy the technology.
- Are there many patients, which need liver transplants?
- After these liver transplantation surgeries many people contacted us. The liver becomes chronic and hard after 10 years if the patient have hepatitis B or C virus of liver. Thus, this kind of surgery has urgent need in our country.
- How about the cost of surgery?
- These three surgeries cost 50 million MNT. The 50 million was spent only for patients’ treatment; we did not calculate salary and overtime salary of doctors. This surgery will be included in Health Insurance beginning next year; thereupon the cost of the surgery will be down.
- Is it possible to make surgery with dead donor?
- The surgery with a dead donor is regulated by Donor Law. We are ready to do surgery with dead donors.
ASAN medical center is the leading center in the world by organ transplantation from Alive Donor. Director of Organ Transplantation Center of ASAN medical center said: “90% of the liver transplant surgeries in our medical center are done from dead donors. We have completed this kind of surgery in about 3300 patients.”
Minister S.Lambaa of Ministry of Health received the team from Korea, expressed gratitude for cooperating and supporting the efforts. S.Lambaa gave badges of the Ministry of Health to five of them. The Minister has submitted 600 million MNT from Government for the necessary equipment and technologies. They 4 years preparation and work of our doctors show us the result. It’s a big development for Mongolian health science.
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