Patients with rare diseases have a long and difficult road to travel until they are diagnosed with their disease. Unfortunately, the loss of their most precious resource, time, steals not only from the years of life they have left, but also from the..
Less than 20% of the relatives of brain-dead patients in Bulgaria refuse to donate their organs, data from the executive agency Medical Supervision show. According to the agency's deputy executive director, Dr Dimitar Iliev, a new transplant..
On October 9, we observe the European Day for Organ Donation and Transplantation . This year, the motto of the European Day for Organ Donation and Transplantation is "Just say 'Yes!'" Let people know that you support donation!" The goal is to raise..
A successful 5-hour liver transplant operation was performed at the Military Medical Academy. The 41-year-old transplant patient is in satisfactory condition and is responsive, Prof. Nikola Vladov, head of the transplant team commented. The..
Five people were given a chance to live after being transplanted. The donor is a 15-year old boy from Plovdiv who has been declared brain-dead. Two successful kidney transplants were performed at Aleksandrovska Hospital in Sofia, the recipients are men..
