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Three Rosario Donations Produce 11 Transplants

The operations tested the system by requiring urgent air transfers and tight interagency coordination to get organs to patients on INCUCAI waiting lists before Donor Day.

Overview

  • Two procurements were carried out simultaneously in Rosario at HECA and Sanatorio Italiano Sur, and a third took place 48 hours later at Hospital Provincial del Centenario, together enabling 11 transplants.
  • Teams procured six kidneys, three livers, two hearts, one pancreas and several tissues, and one recipient received a combined kidney‑and‑pancreas transplant.
  • Six of the transplants depended on sanitary flights from Rosario’s Islas Malvinas airport and involved coordinated work by medical crews, SIES 107, police, airport staff and drivers.
  • Cudaio director Cecilia Andrada said running simultaneous donations put maximum strain on logistical and operative capacity but that interagency coordination made the response possible.
  • The local operations join national figures showing 1,427 donation processes and 2,551 transplants so far in 2026, with Santa Fe recorded as the country’s second‑highest province for donation activity.