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Hungarian cardiology care has reached a milestone: the first child of a mother with a heart transplant was born in Hungary, the National Directorate General for Hospitals told MTI on Tuesday.
It was reported that the mother received a new heart at the Gottsegen National Cardiovascular Center (GOKVI) in 2009.
The mother was scheduled to give birth at the institute, but “the new arrival could not wait,” so the baby was finally born at the maternity ward of the St. Damjan Greek Catholic Hospital in Kisvárda (eastern Hungary).
During the birth, the hospital in Kisvárda was in contact with GOKVI staff by telephone. The birth was natural, they announced.
Afterwards, the mother and her baby were transferred by ambulance to the Gottsegen National Cardiovascular Center, where they underwent further examinations and were discharged from the hospital without complications after a few days.
The first heart transplant was performed in Hungary on January 3, 1992 by Prof. Dr. Zoltán Szabó. Hungary joined the Eurotransplant network in early 2012. Eurotransplant is an organization serving transplant centers and donor hospitals in eight countries (Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Germany). Already in the first year of membership, 70% more heart transplants were performed than the average for the previous three years. Today, every day of the year in Hungary, there are around 60 patients on the waiting list with end-stage heart failure that makes transplantation the only option.
Via MTI; Featured image via Pixabay