Organ donor saves two lives

A RECENTLY deceased Cypriot organ donor saved two Cypriot kidney patients, one aged around 40 and the other around 50.

Nicosia General Hospital expressed their gratitude to the deceased’s family in an announcement  yesterday. 

“Every post-mortem donor can give life to up to eight fellow human beings,” the announcement said. 

The transplant clinic at Nicosia general hospital performed two successful transplants on the latest two Cypriot kidney recipients.

The clinic has performed 56 transplants since its opening two years ago in January 2011, with 100 per cent patient and organ viability within a year of the operation.

Organs for 17 of the transplants came from post-mortem donors and 39 came from living organ donors. In 2011 there were 27 transplants performed, in 2012 there were 29. All operations for kidney donations from living donors were performed laparoscopically, so as to ensure pain-free recovery. 

The clinic of Nicosia general hospital was also the first in Cyprus to perform a simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplant, in June 2012.

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