The Militar Hospital has performed 178 liver transplants since 2009

Health

Published: 07/23/2018 15:32

Montevideo Intendance

The institution has become a reference center for liver diseases, in a joint program with the clinics and the FNR.

Regarded as a national reference center for liver disease since 2009, the military hospital has performed 178 liver transplants since this year until today.

] This was reported on Monday, the first day of the first week of the liver held in Uruguay, which will continue until Friday. In 2009, in collaboration with the Clínicas Hospital and the National Resources Fund (FNR), any citizen who needs it can be transplanted into the army.

At a ceremony held at the Military Hospital, a commemorative stamp was presented. Presidency on your website.

"It's something that makes us proud," said Solange Gerona, head of the National Liver Transplant Program. Montevideo and the interior, users of public and private health, have made use of the service. "It is a democratic and equitable program, both from the point of view of donation and funding and the technical reference team," he added, recorded by the presidency.

In this first week of the liver, the focus will be on the Minister of National Defense, Jorge Menéndez, also stressed "support and containment for patients and their families", carried out by professionals from Militar Hospital, del Clínicas and FNR.