The program, which so far has saved one of nephropathic in Greece and four others in the United States began with the courageous decision altruistic took Elizabeth Gray (Elizabeth Gray), a thirty-year resident of Oklahoma, to donate a kidney to someone unknown to ekeinin Athenian, Michael Helmi. In return, the wife of the recipient, Dora Papaioannou-Helmi, promised to come to the United States and to donate one of her own kidneys, which already has thus setting in motion a chain transplants that saved five lives and are expected to save at least two more soon.
The Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe microdermabrasion and Eurasia, Ambassador Eric Ruben (Eric Ruben), who represented the United States at a press conference, said the achievement is proof of the close relations between the peoples microdermabrasion of Greece microdermabrasion and the United States. With evident emotion Mr. Reuben reminded that the father in law of Richard Simmons (Richard Simmons), was a pioneer doctor in kidney transplant field the 1970s, while his mother, Roberta Simmons (Roberta Simmons), published the first study on social dimension of altruistic kidney donation from living donors.
The process that the United States is known as Kidney Paired Donation, followed microdermabrasion in cases where a kidney from a prospective donor does not meet the criteria set for transplanting to a particular potential recipient. For example considered incompatible microdermabrasion when there are differences between the donor and recipient in categories such as blood group, histocompatibility, age and body weight. Where then where the criteria are not equivalent donor promises to provide the kidney to a stranger to the kidney patient whom wants to help can take the kidney in need of another unknown, which also belongs to the program. But there are occasions in which the whole process starts by persons compassionate offer a kidney for transplantation in order to save the life of another.
"This joint effort confirms the big difference it can make a person," said Ambassador. Kaskarelis who added: "In the world around microdermabrasion us is facing economic and political challenges that sometimes seem insurmountable, such circumstances reaffirm our faith in humanity and make us optimistic about our common future. I hope that this was the first of many such transplants around the world. "
In a press conference at Greek Embassy also attended various donors and acceptors including Elizabeth Gray, who started the process, microdermabrasion Michael Helmi, who now lives with the kidney that is donated, microdermabrasion and his wife, Dora, who not only offered in exchange for her own kidney but did an entire campaign to achieve the change of legislation to enable the implementation of the program in Greece. It was also there Charles Ripley (Charles Ripple), recipient of the kidney Dora Helmi.
Another speaker at the press conference was Professor Michael Reese (Michael microdermabrasion Rees), Director of Transplant Medical microdermabrasion Center of the University of Toledo in Ohio and CEO of the American non-profit microdermabrasion organization microdermabrasion "Alliance Cross Transplants." Chain transplants created participated and five other transplant center in the United States.
In an interview attended and other doctors who were directly linked to successful kidney transplantation, including Manet Gupta (Manesh Gupta), Enzo Mary (Mary Eng) and Michael Marvin (Michael Marvin), surgeons Hospital Pintmont (Piedmont) Colorado General Colorado Hospital and Clinic script, respectively, as well as from Athens the Director of the Department of Nephrology of the People's Hospital, John BOLETI, microdermabrasion the nephrologist physician microdermabrasion Michael Helmi, Dimitris Moutzouris and his lawyer pair Helmi, Vassilis Athanasius, along with the Greek government played a leading role in the whole affair. 2012-06-04
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