The organs of 6-year-old Thomas will be shared in Greece and Italy – Newsbomb – News
The process of donating his organs has begun 6 year old Thomaswho since Friday (7/1) is brain dead after the cardiac arrest he suffered
The process of organ donation of the 6-year-old from the Grevena completed on Saturday night (7/1). He has been informed about the procedure National Transplant Agency and protocol is followed.
It is noted that the group of doctors from Italy and Greece will go to the University Hospital during the day Patron in Rio in order to receive the little boy’s organs.
The the liver, heart and perhaps lungs will be donated to recipients in Italywhile the cornea and kidneys in recipients in Greece. For three days the little boy fought a great battle for his life.
The parents of the 6-year-old, without second thoughts, agreed to the organ donation and said that they wish to save other children through the death of their own child.
According to information from ERT, its manager Children’s ICU of the University Hospital of Patras, Andreas Iliadis he said: “We bow to the child’s parents and to little Thomas from Grevena who will give life to other children who are enjoying some intensive care.”
It is recalled that on Thursday, in an attempt by the doctors to keep the child alive, therapeutic hypothermia of the brain was performed, in order to protect it from cerebral edema and to start the genetic control process, as provided for in these cases, in order to find if there is a genetic background that caused the sudden stop.