Kidney travels 1,700 km to save life of 7-year-old boy

A kidney was transported from Quang Ninh province to Ho Chi Minh City to perform a life-saving transplant. The distance between the two locations is more than 1,700 kilometres. This is according to a report by Vietnam.vn.

The recipient of the kidney is a 7-year-old boy. It is unclear how the kidney was transported or how long the journey took. What is certain is that the operation was successful.

Such long-distance transplants are rare but not impossible. Medical teams work together to save lives, even when the distance is great. The kidney was likely transplanted within a few hours of the donation.

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