A new pillar underpins the unique edifice of transplantation in the NHS. The Liver Transplantation Unit, recently established at the Laiko Hospital, under the direction of Professor of Surgery, Georgios Sotiropoulos, is putting all its efforts to further strengthen transplantation activity in the country’s health system, following the example of all the clinics and scientific teams that have been doing so for decades with a reserve of soul and science.

“The 107 liver transplants that have been performed to date at the People’s Hospital are an achievement for the National Health System and for our University Medical School, proving that a major surgical operation can be successfully performed when a large group of people work in harmony to achieve it. The difficulties, problems and shortcomings that we have faced and continue to face are many, but the positive willingness of those involved to provide solutions is admirable. We managed to exceed the barrier of 100 liver transplants, but also to carry out the first 2 liver transplants from living donor in Greece, in Eleni and Maria”, said Professor Sotiropoulos, thanking all scientific and health personnel for their enormous contribution to the long-lasting transplant activity, but also to the recent one, which brought the country a big step forward with liver transplants from living donor.

Moved and proud, the professor welcomed on Monday morning the leadership of the Ministry of Health, the rector of the University of Athens, the president and members of the School of Medicine of the University of Athens, the president of the National Transplant Organization (NTO), representatives of the Church of Greece, the hospital and the Association of Liver Transplant Patients of the USA.

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