Santo Domingo, 19 jul (EFE).-a team of 25 doctors performed the first transplant of heart in Dominican Republic, reported General Hospital Plaza of health, where the intervention was carried out to a woman of 22 years.

the hospital said in a statement that the surgery was practiced Estephany Moreno, affected of a dilated cardiomyopathy postpartum from two years of evolution.

the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the hospital, July Castaños Guzmán, assured that the operation represents a “milestone in the history of the Dominican medicine”.

the patient evolved “satisfactorily”, added the optional, who revealed that the heart received was accepted by women in one hundred percent.

Moreno, of humble origin, was admitted two weeks ago, said Castaños Guzmán, who claimed that the operation had cost around 1.5 million pesos (about 40,000 dollars).

< p> Die Galen gemeldeten Transplantation das Programm einer solchen in der Gesundheit-Rechenzentrums-Betrieb. EFE