Tag: Donor Organs

  • Liver Perfusion Machine Boosts South Africa’s Transplant Care

    A R2.7 million Liver Perfusion Machine has been introduced at the Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre. It is the first transplant centre in Africa to use this technology for liver transplantation. The machine can preserve and resuscitate donor livers outside the body. It works by pumping warm, oxygenated blood and nutrients through the organ. This gives doctors more time…

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