Gifts of life offered a 57 -year -old who was hospitalized in B ‘Intensive Care Unit of the General Hospital Thessaloniki «G. Papanikolaou » And he lost the battle. On the morning of Sunday, May 18th, the operating and tissue donation surgery (kidney, liver, cornea) was successfully completed.

As the hospital administration stated in a statement, “through the special itineraries for this purpose, the gifts of life arrived at their destination and the donation surgeries were carried out by the surgical teams of the” Hippocrates “transplantation unit of the” Hippocrates ” The process was carried out under the general coordination of the Greek Transplantation Organization. “

The hospital administration expressed its condolences to the relatives of the deceased and thanked them “warmly” for their decision to give their fellow human beings to life.

The hospital announcement in detail:

On the morning of Sunday, May 18, 2025, the surgery for the donation of organ and tissue (kidney, liver, cornea) was successfully completed at the General Hospital “George Papanikolaou”. “Life Gifts” were offered by a 57 -year -old woman hospitalized in the hospital’s second intensive care unit.

Through the special itineraries for this purpose, the gifts of life arrived at their destination and the donation surgeries were carried out by the surgical teams of the Hippocratic Transplant Unit, the Ophthalmology Clinic of the AHEPA and by the Psatos Surgery. The procedure was carried out under the general coordination of the Greek Transplantation Organization.
The hospital administration expresses its condolences to the relatives of the deceased and thanks them warmly for their decision to give their fellow human beings to our most difficult time.

In addition, the administration thanks the staff of the Second Unit of Intensive Care and all the other Departments and Clinics of the Hospital for the purpose of the donation. Specifically, the staff of the Anesthesiological Department, the Surgery, the Radiological Laboratory, the Bronchoscopic Laboratory, the Microbiological Laboratory, the Biochemical Laboratory, the Hematological Laboratory, the Department of Immunology-Association and the Pathologic Laboratory. Without the decisive contribution of all these health professionals, it would not be possible to successfully outcome the donation process. The Thessaloniki General Hospital “G. Papanikolaou ‘supports organ donation after the end of life, as the highest act of selflessness and volunteer offering to the fellow man.