SOFIA, March 22 (MENA) – A Bulgarian and a Romanian received a second chance at life after the relatives of a 68-year-old deceased woman made the noble decision to donate her organs, the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) reported.

The donor situation was carried out by a team from the Dr. Stefan Cherkezov Hospital in Veliko Tarnovo (North-central Bulgaria), said the Executive Agency Medical Supervision on Saturday.

A team from the Urology Clinic at Alexandrovska University Hospital in Sofia performed a kidney transplant on a 60-year-old man. Due to medical reasons, the second kidney was not transplanted.

As part of Bulgaria's agreement with Romania, a 33-year-old man was given a new chance at life after undergoing a liver transplant, the Medical Supervision Agency reported.

According to information from the hospitals, the patients are in stable condition and remain under medical observation in intensive care units.

At the beginning of March, the first heart transplant of 2025 was performed at Sofia’s St. Ekaterina University Hospital, after a Bulgarian patient received a heart from Romania, the Ministry of Health's press center previously reported. The donor was a 31-year-old Romanian citizen, and the organ was provided under the cooperation agreement between Bulgaria and Romania.

On February 25, three people received a second chance at life after the relatives of a 44-year-old woman made the selfless decision to donate her organs, according to the Executive Agency Medical Supervision. That donor procedure was carried out by a team from St. Marina University Hospital in Varna (on the Black Sea). (MENA)
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