First man to receive liver transplant in Vietnam still healthy after 14 years

Tran Ngoc Thanh (centre) meeting the doctors who performed the surgery that saved his life 14 years ago. - Photo: baochinhphu.vn

HANOI: Tran Ngoc Thanh, 59, from the northern province of Dien Bien, was the first person in Vietnam to undergo a liver transplant from a brain-dead donor 14 years ago, and is still living a healthy and active life.

This marks a remarkable progress of Vietnam’s healthcare system in the field of organ transplantation.