After Beirong, Yadong and Linkou Chang Gung Hospital formed the "Northern Union Organ Donation Network" on January 29th, they took the lead in establishing inter-hospital organ donation cooperation. Today, the General Hospital of the Three Armies and National Taiwan University Hospital, relying on the momentum of the top two organ donation organizations in the northern region, also signed an organ donation network cooperation agreement. According to statistics, there are 2 transplant partner hospitals in the two hospitals, accounting for 29 in the northern region. The General Hospital of the Three Armies and the National Taiwan University Hospital signed a cooperation agreement on organ recruitment on the 1st today, which will further enhance the quality and safety of organ recruitment. (Photo/Huang Zilun)

Sun Guanghuan, president of the General Hospital of the Three Armed Forces, said that in the past, because there were many organ solicitation organizations, the manpower and material resources of each OPO did not support each other, which led to poor organ utilization efficiency. The Department of Health intended to divide and merge them into five organ solicitation organizations, and the first step was to let the hospitals talk about cooperation on their own. Cai Jiansong, director of the surgical department of the hospital, added that because the operation modes of the two hospitals are similar, it took only two months to negotiate a cooperation agreement, which will play a greater comprehensive effect in the future.

Does the cooperation between Sanzong and National Taiwan University mean competing with each other for the "Beilian Donation Network" jointly organized with Beirong, Yadong and Linkou Chang Gung Hospital? Cai Mengkun, director of transplant surgery at National Taiwan University Hospital, responded that it was difficult for the original five organ-soliciting organizations in the North District to be unified into one in a short time, so the hospitals should talk about cooperation first. However, the ultimate goal in the future is still to move toward the direction of regional integration and regional unification as instructed by the Department of Health. It is not so much competition as two cooperative organizations, which take the lead in endorsing the * * * policy so that other regions can follow up and work hard for the well-being of patients.

The transplant teams of the two hospitals signed their names on the wall respectively, indicating that they will work together to benefit more patients waiting for transplantation in the future. (Photo/Huang Zilun)

Lin Mingcan, vice president of National Taiwan University Hospital, said that cooperation will strengthen the sharing of manpower, education and training, quality management and follow-up patient care in organ donation. Director Cai Mengkun added, for example, a hospital originally received five organ donors a day, and the utilization rate of organs declined because of the lack of manpower. After the cooperation, resources can be shared, so that manpower and resources can be mutually supported, so that the utilization rate of organs can be improved and more patients in need can be benefited.

As for the most urgent allocation of patients waiting for transplantation, Cai Jiansong, director of the surgical department of the Third General Hospital, responded that the follow-up allocation principle will be discussed again, but the general direction is that patients in the Third General Hospital and the National Taiwan University can get medical use at the first time. Sun Guanghuan, the president of the Third General Hospital, added that with 7% of organ recruitment in the North District and 6% of organ transplantation, the demand of more patients can be taken care of in theory.