At Ege University Medical Faculty Hospital, the treatment and surgeries, which were postponed due to the Covid-19 outbreak, were resumed with the normalization process. During the pandemic process, the first liver transplant was performed at Ege University Organ Transplantation Application and Research Center. 64-year-old Meryem İmrek, Organ Transplantation Department Liver Transplantation Officer at EU Medical Faculty Hospital. Dr. Murat Zeytunlu and Assoc. Dr. With the operation performed by Alper Uğuz, he became the first patient to be transferred in the hospital during the normalization process. Visiting the center, Ege University Rector Prof. Dr. Necdet Budak received information about the health status of the transplanted patient.
Underlining that the necessary precautions and measures were taken at the Ege University Medical Faculty Hospital during the normalization process, Rector Budak said, “In our Aegean University Medical Faculty Hospital, no organ transplantation was performed during the Covid-19 process, except for our emergency patients. With the normalization process, we are now back to our routine. We started our operations in our Organ Transplantation Center, provided that the necessary hygienic measures and necessary precautions are taken, especially in accordance with the recommendations of the Ministry of Health and the Scientific Committee. Human life is extremely valuable. Our patient needed an organ transplant. Our teachers mobilized and a liver transplant was performed from one of our citizens who had brain death. Our patient is currently in good health. With this normalization process, our Ege University Medical Faculty Hospital will continue to perform successful surgeries in the field of organ transplantation. I wish our patient a speedy recovery and congratulate our teachers for their success.”
Rector Budak, who stated that they have a reference center in the field of organ transplantation, said, “The Aegean University Organ Transplant Research and Application Center is one of the centers that have a say in organ transplantation in the world. There are patients from many countries abroad who prefer our hospital for organ and tissue transplantation within the scope of health tourism. We will continue to be a leading institution in organ and tissue transplantation with our most distinguished surgeons in their fields. Today, many people are waiting for tissues and organs to survive. These people can be our relatives or ourselves. Therefore, we need to increase the number of donor candidates in our country.”
Beyaz News Agency
Source: (BHA) – Beyaz News Agency
