Τransplants, Commemorative Issue

Τransplants, Commemorative Issue

Γραμματόσημα--Κύπρος--Ιστορία
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The first human kidney transplant was performed by a Dr. Joseph Murray in 1954 and the recipient went on to live for eight years. In due course the doctor won the Nobel Prize for his work. The first heart transplant was performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in 1957 in South Africa but the patient lived only 18 days and died of pneumonia. At the time anti-rejection drugs were very expensive, had side effects and their effectiveness was very poor. Since then the medical advancement in the transplantation of organs has been phenomenal.

In Cyprus the first kidney transplant was performed in October 1986 by Dr. Giorgos Kyriakides at the Paraskevaides surgical and transplantation centre in Lefkosia. By 2010 some 879 transplant operations had been performed with a success rate of 88%.

In 2010 the centre closed when a transplant centre became operational at the new Lefkosia General Hospital. New and more advanced methods were introduced that created especially to donors the possibility to recover within about four days and to return to work within approximately three weeks. The success rate achieved at the Lefkosia General Hospital is almost 100% which must be the envy of many a centre.

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

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15th June 2006

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