On the eve of Republic Day, on October 23, a successful organ transplant was performed in the East Kazakhstan Regional Hospital for four patients from a posthumous donor.
After the brain death was confirmed, the relatives of the 39-year-old donor agreed and donated organs to four people. During the multi-organ sampling, a heart, lungs and two kidneys were removed.
A man born in 1977 had a heart transplant, a woman born in 1962 had lungs, a child born in 2015 had a kidney, and a woman born in 1966 had another kidney, thus saving the lives of four citizens of the country.
Patients gained chances for a "second life" thanks to a well-coordinated team of republican, regional and inpatient transplant coordinators of the Republican Center for Transplant Coordination of the Ministry of Health and specialists of the transplantation centers of the University Medical Center, National Scientific Oncology Center LLP.
According to the RCTVMU, in 2023, 7 posthumous donors were registered in Kazakhstan, which allowed 19 organs to be transplanted. On 10/25/2024, the number of posthumous donors was 6, which made it possible to transplant 23 organs.
As of October 2024, there are 4,080 patients on the waiting list of the Republican Center for the Coordination of Transplantation and High-tech Medical Services of the Ministry of Health who need kidney, liver, heart and heart-lung transplantation.
As world experience confirms, posthumous donation is the most promising method of transplant development. It should be noted that for patients waiting for lungs or heart, this is the only chance of salvation.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/dsm/press/news/details/872573