Six patients get new lease of life thanks to donated organs

RIYADH: Six patients gained a new lease of life after receiving donated organs from three-brain-dead individuals through separate surgical procedures conducted by the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation on them, state news agency SPA reported on Thursday. 

The procedures were a heart transplant for a patient who suffered from acute heart failure, three liver transplant operations, two kidney transplants and procedures to treat acute renal insufficiency.