US girl needing lung put on transplant list
A US judge ordered Wednesday that a dying 10-year-old be transferred to an adult waiting list for a lung transplant, said a lawmaker who has been lobbying for the girl.
S. Korean toddler gets first windpipe transplant
An international team of surgeons has successfully given a South Korean-Canadian toddler a life-saving windpipe transplant made from plastic fibers and some of her own stem cells.
Kazakhstan microsurgeons tap into face transplantation surgeries
Kazakhstan microsurgeons will soon be able to perform face transplantation surgeries: Italian surgeon Salvatore D’Arpe.
First donor kidney transplantation made in South Kazakhstan
A donor kidney has been transplanted to a patient with renal failure for the first time in South Kazakhstan.
60 artificial heart transplantations scheduled for 2013 in Kazakhstan
We have scheduled 60 surgeries on implantation of the artificial heart ventricles: Kazakhstan cardiac surgeon.
First kidneys transplanted to children in Astana
Kidney transplantation was made in Astana to children wait-listed by Kazakhstan Healthcare Ministry for treatment abroad.
Zhaksylyk Doskaliyev ready to donate organs
Former Kazakhstan Healthcare Minister calls Kazakhstan citizens not to be afraid of donorship.
Kazakhstan allocates 1 billion tenge for organs transplantation abroad in 2013
1 billion tenge has been allocated from the state budget in 2013 for Kazakhstan citizens who require transplantation abroad.
Kazakhstan among 5 countries testing 3rd generation artificial heart
The tests of efficiency and safety of 3rd generation cardiac ventricles implantation involve 5 hospitals in the world, including Astana National Scientific Cardiac Surgery Center: Yuriy Pya.
Costs of Kazakhstan medical services will be made equal to those of foreign hospitals
The cost for treatment will be raised in Kazakhstan hospitals to the level of foreign medical facilities.
3 thousand people need kidney transplantation in Kazakhstan
We have no waitlists of those who require transplantation, as there are more and more patients every year; some of them die: expert.
Over 80 percent of Kazakhstan patients do not make it to transplantation
Syzganov National Scientific Surgery Center held a press-conference on development of donorship in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan doctors transplanted donor heart for the first time
The surgery was made on August 8 in the National Scientific Cardiosurgery Center of the National Medical Holding in Astana.
Aktobe doctors ready to transplant animal cells to humans
Rabbits and pigs are the best "donors" in such cases.
First kid's bone marrow transplantation made in Kazakhstan
The first bone marrow transplantation to a kid has been made in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan emergency medicine center to perform 50 marrow transplantations
Kazakhstan national emergency medicine center is to perform 50 marrow transplantations in 2012 and treat over 200 oncologic patients.
Half of Kazakhstan residents do not believe in efficiency of organs transplantation
Half of respondents replied that they did not believe in a positive outcome of kidneys transplantation surgeries.
First liver transplantation perfomed in Kazakhstan
Liver transplantation is one of the most difficult surgeries. The operation performed was twice as difficult as the usual one.
Donors requried for first heart and liver transplantations in Kazakhstan
Donors have not yet been selected for the first heart and liver transplantation surgeries in Kazakhstan.
First heart transplantation in Kazakhstan scheduled for November
First heart transplantation surgery in Kazakhstan is to be held in the National Scientific Cardiac Surgery Center in Astana in November.
