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Ana-Rose almost her whole Life has lived with hepatitis and is waiting for a Liver transplant

UK s organ network transplant be forced to, as a result of the Corona-Virus outbreak, The Body that runs the scheme, is warning.

One factor is that the pressure on intensive care beds, according to NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT).

But there is also The Risk of the transplant patients that suppresses your immune system so that your body will not reject the new organs.

Since the beginning of March, The Number of transplants has dropped dramatically.

This Time Last Year , More Than 80 transplants were carried out each week in the UK.

But now only a handful of cases of particular urgency, especially the heart and Liver to go ahead.

the pressure on the intensive care

Prof John Forsyth , medical Director for the Transplantation and organ donation at NHSBT, continues to operate The System to fight, during the epidemic.

"When I Hear , from other countries, in the centre of this Covid pandemic, you have to The Point where a transplant is possible, in certain regions at all.

"We can to this point, and we can provide you at this point in The Next few days or weeks

"But we work very hard to keep the organ donation and Transplantation, open for as long as possible, the acceptance of the safety of our patients is our top priority. "

The pressure Covid-19 cases of practice in intensive care units is an important factor.

donor and recipient must be referred to the high level of care, so fewer potential donor families.

pressed But the surgeons Are understandably reluctant for the treatment of immuno-under-transplant-patients anywhere in the vicinity of this with the highly infectious Covid-19.

This is The Dilemma for those who wait, such as Ana-Rose Thorpe, of Manchester, to a Liver transplant.

Now, at the age of 29, Ana-Rose has lived with hepatitis for almost her whole Life , after the conclusion of the contract-like a baby.

The disease has taken its toll and the failed now your Liver and desperately needs a transplant.

'could I get sicker and sicker' Ana-Rose Thorpe from Manchester, waiting for a Liver Transplantation

"That you go to the hospital while there Are patients coronavirus, is very disturbing," she says.

"This is a window of opportunity for a transplant without the coronavirus.

"While My Body was able to withstand the transplant, the more I'm not monitored, not to be seen, as often as I was, the longer I Leave It , I could only get sicker and sicker.

"I feel like it's swept the patients list, the patients Are waiting for other operations that we have just already been on the transplant-aside.

"it's not a fault of the NHS, can help no one more, what is going on.

"they Are trying to make it safe for us, but We Are still afraid to go in the hospital.

"It's My Life - it is a matter of Life and death," Ana Rose says.

'Balance of risk'

Vanessa Hebditch, director of policy at The British Liver Trust, says that this is a very worrying time for all.

"The outbreak means that, unfortunately, many intensive-care-unit beds in the whole of the United Kingdom , now, to care for those affected by this pandemic.

"The British Liver Trust understands that in The Moment , Liver -transplantation centers will remain open, and urgent transplantations Are always taking place.

"However, the transplant recipients as extremely high-risk group, you should develop coronavirus.

"While We Are concerned that Some People who have a transplant need, these can be delayed, because of this unprecedented crisis, The Balance of risk must be assessed and vulnerable patients must be protected from infection with The Virus . "

Every year, 450 patients die before they can be performed your transplant.

The sad reality is that many people would die if transplants stop altogether - Another of the hidden costs of the coronavirus Emergency .

organ donation, coronavirus pandemic, nhs, transplants

Source of news: bbc.com