Apr. 21 – Hanoi, Vietnam, welcomed an Italian surgery team to perform the first kidney transplant from a living donor on a 10-year-old Vietnamese girl at the National Hospital for Pediatrics. The intervention was successfully completed by a group of specialists from Children’s Hospital Bambino Gesù of Rome and the local medical personnel. The operation is part of the cooperation project between the two facilities supported by the Vespa for Children charity of the Piaggio Group. During the visit, the Bambino Gesù personnel also treated other 20 children with severe urological problems and selected for a kidney transplant four young patients suffering from renal insufficiency. Two of them will undergo surgery in September.
