A Liver Transplant at The Austin Hospital, Melbourne. The patient is 34 year old Nick King and the lead surgeon is Professor Bob Jones, the head of the hospital's Liver Transplant Unit.
DonateLife Victoria Donation Specialist Nursing Coordinators, Nicole Gauthier and Sarah Hawthorne ensure the final logistics are in place before all treatments are removed. An estimated 100-120 people are involved in any one donation case.
A Liver Transplant at The Austin Hospital, Melbourne. Anesthetist Louise Ellard monitors the patients vitals as theatre staff prepare for the liver transplant surgery.
Members of the Victoria Police Transport Unit quickly usher an organ, packed in ice, to a waiting police car. With sirens on, they will escort the organ to the airport where it will be flown interstate for transplant. Once outside the body, organs have a limited lifespan, a matter of hours before they are no longer suitable for transplantation.
Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) must be conducted under tight timeframes. Here, surgeons and theatre staff wait for confirmation about whether the donation surgery will proceed.
Surgeons work on the major veins of the donor liver, preparing it for transplant so it is ready as soon as the recipient’s own liver is removed.
partial Corneal Eye Transplant at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.
Partial Corneal Eye Transplant at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.
A Liver Transplant at The Austin Hospital, Melbourne. The patient is a 34 year old male and the lead surgeon is Professor Bob Jones, the head of the hospital's Liver Transplant Unit.
Austin Liver Transplant Surgeons put the finishing touches to the stitches and tubes that drain bile from the new liver.
A Liver Transplant at The Austin Hospital, Melbourne. The patient is a 34 year old Nick King and the lead surgeon is Professor Bob Jones, the head of the hospital's Liver Transplant Unit.
