Public disagreement via social media over the first lung transplant in Romania

Even if the information in the following online post about the first ever lung transplant having been performed in Romania is only half correct, it is still of concern First-lung-transplant-Romania

It appears that an argument has been waged via social media by officials over whether or not the Sfanta Maria hospital in Bucharest had received the appropriate authorisation.

Regardless of who may or may not be correct here, this is no way to deal with this, for multiple reasons, not least maintaining public confidence in the hospital system. Hopefully the issues that are alluded to in the article will be addressed and most importantly the war of words via social media will cease.

Meanwhile it does seem that the first transplant in Romania has actually been performed. Of note up until recently lung transplants for Romanian citizens were performed in Vienna, Austria (as mentioned in the article).

For information on the actual lung transplant procedure as it was reported in Romania, click on the following link -Lung transplant at Sfanta Maria hospital