Brain-dead woman gives birth, organs save four in Hungary hospital

Forrás: MTI | 2013. november 13. szerda 17:24 |

A woman treated in hospital for three months as a brain-dead patient gave birth to a healthy baby through cesarian section in the maternity clinic of Debrecen University, Professor Bela Fulesdi, head of the university's medical centre, told an international press conference on Wednesday.

After the unprecedented birth, five organs of the woman were given to four patients waiting for a life-saving transplant, the professor said. State Secretary for health Miklos Szocska, who attended the press conference, said that "one life has helped save five" and thanked both doctors and nurses of the hospital, and the deceased woman's family for "choosing life" through their consent to the operations.