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To receivers in Greece and Italy, the organs of the 6-year-old from Grevena

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The process of receiving the instruments will begin late Saturday night into the early hours of Sunday, with the instruments being airlifted.

In the next few hours, it is expected that the final decisions will be made and the process of receiving the organs will begin, from the 6-year-old who lost the battle for life at the University General Hospital of Patras.

Already early in the morning at the Hospital of Rio, all the necessary tests have been started to establish the suitability of the organs to be transplanted, while the child will be on mechanical support.

According to information from tempo24.news, after consultation with the National Transplant Organization, which supervises the process, the two kidneys and the two corneas will be given to recipients in Greece, while the liver, heart and lungs will travel to Italy.

In addition to these organs, his lungs are also examined, through bronchoscopy, in order to determine whether they are suitable for transplantation. The results will be known to the doctors late Saturday afternoon.

If all goes well, the process of receiving the instruments will begin late Saturday night into the early hours of Sunday, with the instruments being airlifted.

Greatness of life from his parents

From the first moment it became known to the parents of the unfortunate child that the 6-year-old would not be able to make it, they made the decision to donate his organs.

The 6-year-old suffered a heart attack in Grevena where he lives with his parents and was transferred to the Children’s ICU of the University General Hospital of Patras.

Despite the efforts of doctors to reverse the situation, his health condition worsened with the child being brain dead.

According to information from tempo24.news, the family has another child, a 4-year-old little girl.

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