A kidney recipient's family and Sharif's sister embraced affectionately "As his closest people, we all believe that this decision was the right one, because Sharif has always been a particularly kind, sunny big boy." --Sister Sharif
Sharif is a kind, sunny "big boy."
On the evening of August 22, 37-year-old Greek youth Sharif died in the Pearl River Hospital of Guangzhou Southern Medical University, but his life crossed borders and was continued in another way - Sharif donated a heart, liver, and kidneys, which will help at least 4 dying patients regain their lives.
It is understood that this is the first multi-organ donation of a person of exceptional nationality in Guangdong Province, and the 10th case in the country.
Greek youth suddenly suffer from severe cerebral hemorrhage
The sister signed a multi-organ donation agreement
Sharif is a greek and Egyptian dual citizen who has been doing business in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, for recent years. On the night of August 17, he was on a business trip to Jiangmen, and while taking a bath, he suddenly fell to the ground, unconscious, convulsing and vomiting at the same time. His friend immediately took him to the local hospital for treatment, and a CT of the skull showed subarachnoid hemorrhage. Due to his critical condition, Sharif, who underwent initial treatment, was transferred to Pearl River Hospital at 3 p.m. on the 18th.
Zhujiang Hospital immediately opened a green channel, organized the ICU (intensive care unit), neurosurgery and other expert groups to quickly carry out consultation and rescue, "because the patient has severe subarachnoid hemorrhage, ventricular hemorrhage, has formed a brain hernia, and the pupillary reflex, spontaneous breathing and other brainstem functions disappear, can not be operated, so we take intensive care, reduce cranial pressure, reduce brain metabolism and other treatments, hoping to stabilize the condition as much as possible." Zhou Jian, deputy director of the ICU of Pearl River Hospital, said. However, due to the critical condition, the expected miracle did not happen.
Sharif's sister rushed to Guangzhou on the news and accompanied him through the last part of his life. After consulting with her family in a foreign country, with the assistance of Liu Yongguang, director of the OPO (Organ Acquisition Organization) office of Pearl River Hospital, Sharif's sister decided to donate her brother's organs.
At noon on August 22, Sharif's sister signed her brother's organ donation agreement in the presence of Grigorios Tassiopoulos, Consul General of the Greek Consulate in Guangzhou, Li Jindong, Director of the Organ Donation Office of the Red Cross Society of Guangdong Province, and Sharif's close friends.
The heart, liver and kidneys will help many Chinese patients regain their lives
At 22:30 on August 22, in the operating room of Pearl River Hospital, after the medical staff bowed deeply and saluted, Sharif's organ harvest operation went smoothly. His donation of heart, liver and kidneys will save 4 Chinese patients whose lives are in danger.
It is reported that the two kidneys donated by Sharif were transplanted into a male uremia patient in his 50s and a female kidney failure patient in his 30s at about 5 o'clock in the morning yesterday, and the operation was mainly operated by Professor Zhao Ming and Professor Li Min of the Organ Transplant Department of Pearl River Hospital. "The transplant was a success." Professor Zhao Ming said that both recipients are currently under close supervision in the observation ward of the organ transplant department.
By yesterday afternoon, one of the recipients, Ms. Zhang, the wife of a 55-year-old kidney patient from Fujian Province, came to Sharif's sister with a pair of children, laid flowers, and bowed deeply to express gratitude. Sharif's sister gave Mr. Guo's wife and children a big hug, wished him a speedy recovery, and asked the doctor with great concern, how many years can Mr. Guo continue to live with his brother's kidney? When the doctor told him that the transplant was successful and that Mr. Guo could at least get another fifteen years of life extension, Sharif's sister was also particularly pleased. Through the doctor's translator, Ms. Zhang promised to Sharif's sister: "Thank you for giving my husband a new life, and my husband will definitely take good care of Sharif's kidneys and live well in the future." ”
According to reports, Mr. Guo has been undergoing kidney dialysis for more than four years, and his work and life have been greatly affected. In June, he registered for a transplant at Pearl River Hospital. "We have been waiting for a suitable kidney donation, I really did not expect that this donation to us was such a young foreign boy, we really do not know how to thank him!" 」 Ms. Zhang has said many times.
The reporter also learned that Sharif's liver has been sent to the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University through systematic distribution, transplanted to a 46-year-old patient with chronic severe hepatitis B and liver failure, and the transplant surgery has been successfully completed.
The province's first multi-organ donation of non-nationals
"This is a continuation of life across borders," said Liu Yongguang, director of the OPO (Organ Harvesting Organization) office of Pearl River Hospital, adding that Sharif and his family's actions are very respectful. "For this organ donation, we strictly operate in accordance with national laws and regulations and work processes, and respect the cultural traditions and customs of patients and their families."
According to Li Jindong, director of the Organ Donation Office of the Red Cross Society of Guangdong Province, this is the first multi-organ donation of exceptional personnel in Guangdong Province, and the 10th case in the country. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said at the 71st World Health Assembly that although there are 130,000 organ transplants worldwide each year, the estimated demand is close to 1 million.
"Will you still come to China?" The best friend who took Sharif to the hospital and accompanied him along the way replied firmly, "Of course I do." His life has been extended in China, and China still has our unfinished business, and I will continue to fulfill our common ideal with his wishes. ”
Sharif's friend told reporters that this was Sharif's second visit to China. Before he first came to Guangdong, he already liked it here, so this time he was very happy to come to Guangdong with his friends, they ate and lived together, worked and traveled together, and met many Chinese friends, and had a very happy time. Now that Sharif's family has made such a respectable decision for him, he is also relieved to have his life here, and as a close friend.
Young man Sharif donated several organs: the heart, the liver, and the kidneys
Sharif's family said
"Part of his life has continued in Such a special way in China that our family has been relieved"
"As his closest people, we all believed that this decision was the right one, because Sharif had always been a particularly kind, sunny big boy. Usually get along with relatives and friends, always take special care of the feelings of others, enthusiastically provide help for relatives and friends who need help around them, and always hope to give the best things to the people around them. Sister Sharif told reporters yesterday.
When Sharif's sister spoke to her mother, Sharif's mother, who was far away in Egypt, did not hesitate much and quickly made a decision, and the sister relayed her mother's words: "My kind child is still very young, and if we can help others by donating organs, it is also a comfort to us." Yesterday, Sharif's sister also told reporters that although she had not heard her brother express his willingness to donate organs before he died, his nephew said that Sharif had discussed it with him many times. The unpredictable circumstance is that the younger brother's life will stay in Guangzhou, China, far from home. "My brother has always been in good health, and when we heard that he had an accident, our family was shocked, and my mother was especially hurt. But today, when I heard that the organ transplant went well, I told her for the first time that part of his life in China was extended in such a special way, and our family was relieved. ”
Text, photo/ Guangzhou Daily all-media reporter Zhou Jieying correspondents Hu Qiongzhen and Wu Xiaodan