The first multi-organ donation of 2024 took place at the San Giuseppe Moscati hospital in Avellino. Thanks to a great act of solidarity by a 57-year-old woman and her family, the lives of four people will be able to continue in all their fullness. The woman, who died a few days ago at the Anesthesia and Resuscitation Operational Unit of the hospital city due to a cerebral hemorrhage, had expressed in life the clear will to donate her organs in case of death.
Her relatives fulfilled her wish and authorized the withdrawal of liver, lungs and kidneys. As provided by the procedure, immediately after death, the medical college met, which, at the end of the necessary observation period, certified the woman's brain death. The organ removal operation was carried out in collaboration with surgeons from hospitals - one from Campania and others from different regions - where patients were waiting for the compatible organ.
A team effort, excellently managed by the company's transplant coordination with the constant support of the Regional Transplant Center of Campania: the staff of the Anesthesia and Resuscitation, Neurology, operating room and the drivers of the medical cars and ambulances were involved for many hours, who, escorted by the police, provided for the transport of organs from Avellino to the destination sites.
"Transplants save lives and rekindle hopes " - emphasizes the general manager of the Moscati Company, Renato Pizzuti -. However, there is still a lot of work to be done to raise awareness among people to overcome the wrong preconceptions that lead to opposition to donation. Transplants are the equivalent of a miracle, because the recipient comes back to life. Medicine and treatments are constantly evolving; but when you need a new organ to go on, the contribution and will of the citizens remain decisive".