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USD $ 2 Billion for Heart Graft Ramdan

SURABAYA, KOMPAS.com - Operation against Ramdan Aidil transplant Saputra (3.5) in Dr Soetomo, Saturday (04/24/2010), will cost USD 2 billion.

Cost was outside for treatment before and after surgery. For the operation of equipment, needed to Rp 1.2 billion. Dana was among others to buy sonoclol signature USD 160 million per unit. Tools that monitor blood coagulation function during surgery. Because liver tissue is carried out on a vital function in the process of blood circulation, there must be precise monitoring of the freeze.

In addition, also to purchase special mattress USD 230 million operating subsidiaries. While the drugs needed for a total of Rp 800 million. Drug, among others, to anesthesia and antibiotics specific organs in the body that is open during the operation.

Funds, among others, comes from the East Java Provincial Government USD 1.3 billion. Donations were symbolically handed over by Vice Governor of East Java Saifulah Joseph who reviewed the operation process.

The first heart transplant operation in Indonesia was conducted by 12 doctors and 48 nurses Indonesia. In addition, there are also four doctors and a nurse from China. Paramedics were invited from China because China has experienced liver transplant.

Ramdan themselves need to get a donor heart because the heart tissue decay. Donors obtained from the mother, Sulistyowati, who contributed the first and second parts of the heart.