The society of Thessaloniki remains shocked by the unjust loss of 21-year-old Emma. Her parents decided to donate her organs and now the girl's heart beats in 40-year-old mother as the transplant was completed.
The transplant lasted four hours and doctors are hoping everything will go well.
The 40-year-old is intubated and heavily sedated and according to ERT was on life support as she was in heart failure.
Emma's funeral on Thursday
The funeral of the 21-year-old student from Crete will be held in Chania on Thursday.
According to reports, the girl's Soros is expected to arrive the day after tomorrow by road to Piraeus and from there by boat to Crete, where relatives and friends of the late Emma will say her last "goodbye".
"The 21-year-old gave a huge fight..."
"Thanks to the greatness of soul of the family of the 21-year-old girl, who had been a victim of a car accident and was hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Papageorgiou Hospital, but also to the struggle of all the medical staff, on the morning of Tuesday, November 29, 2022, the reception of organs was completed, a basic condition for the realization of the miracle of transplantation.
The "bridge of life" was set up after the magnificent decision of her parents to donate her organs. In their unspeakable pain, they found the mental fortitude to go ahead with organ donation, the supreme act of altruism that will result in the continued life of some of our fellow human beings.
The 21-year-old girl put up a tremendous fight, but despite the great effort, she did not succeed and ended up. All the staff - medical, nursing and every other specialty - were at her side and did everything humanly possible to keep her alive.
From grief to hope
As soon as the parents' generous intention was announced, a huge operation was set up to receive the organs from the donor, so that the grief and sorrow could turn into hope and optimism. The transplant team of the 2nd Ophthalmological Clinic of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital received the corneas, which will be used for transplantation to compatible recipients.
The Hospital Administration expresses its sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of the donor. At the same time, it congratulates the parents for their generosity and humanitarianism and thanks them for their greatness in deciding to bridge life and death at the time of greatest anguish for the loss of their loved one. Furthermore, he thanks all the staff who contributed to the diagnostic process and the reception of the organs, for their exemplary work and their excellent cooperation.
The recipients of this touching humanitarian act will be many of our fellow human beings and already, with the cooperation of the National Transplantation Organization and the transplantation teams of the hospitals, the procedures for the utilization of the transplants in compatible recipients are underway.
Papageorgiou Hospital, considering the idea of organ donation after the end of life as the highest form of voluntary donation, culture and altruism, invites citizens to support the donation of tissues and organs in order to increase the number of donors in our country".
Source: in.gr
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