The organs of a 43-year-old female donor, who was declared brain-dead at the hospital where she was being treated in Samsun, will be transplanted to four recipients.
Health worker P.Ö. collapsed while working in Sinop and was transferred to Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU) Health Application and Research Center on October 1st. Despite treatment in the intensive care unit, P.Ö.'s brain death occurred, and after discussions with her family, the Organ and Tissue Transplant Unit team at OMU received consent for organ donation.
P.Ö.'s organs will be transplanted to four individuals.
OMU Organ Transplant Coordinator Nurse Birgül Tan told reporters that the health worker had expressed a desire to become an organ donor while alive.
Tan stated, "P.Ö.'s brain death occurred yesterday, and during discussions with the family, they confirmed that she wanted to be a donor and kindly consented to the donation. Her heart was sent to Istanbul, her liver to Ankara, and one kidney to Atatürk University in Erzurum. The other kidney will be transplanted here at OMU."
Samsun Organ and Tissue Transplant Coordinator Dr. Mehmet Kazak expressed gratitude to the donor's family for their noble decision.
Highlighting that organ failure-related diseases are among the most critical health issues in Türkiye, as they are worldwide, Kazak added:
"33,498 people are waiting for organ transplants in our country. The only treatment for those waiting is organ transplantation, which relies on donations. The family's donation is incredibly valuable. We pray for our donor and thank all the healthcare workers involved, particularly our intensive care physicians, the organ transplant coordinators, and our transplant surgeons. We also extend our gratitude to OMU Rector Prof. Dr. Fatma Aydın and Chief Physician of the Faculty of Medicine Prof. Dr. Ünsal Özgen, who have always supported organ transplantation, on behalf of the thousands of patients waiting for transplants."
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