Rio de Janeiro
Fausto Silva, 73, joined the SUS queue for a heart transplant. Admitted to Albert Einstein Hospital since August 5th, the presenter was diagnosed with heart failure and is now waiting for a compatible donor. Last year, Faustão even ran an awareness campaign to encourage organ donation alongside the doctor, who takes care of his health.
“This is Professor Fernando Bacal, responsible for transplants at Einstein and Incor. He came here at our request so that we could use this time to raise awareness, more and more, of the importance of organ donation”, presented Faustão, in the Direct with the Doctor of attraction in the Band.
Bacal clarified doubts about the surgery, the indications and the recovery of transplanted people. Faustão then pointed out that more than 40,000 people are currently waiting for organs. “This number is very important for everyone to think hard and, above all, make a decision of this importance, of being essential. If you can, after death, do good. If you are healthy, serve as a life for another person , who doesn’t even know you, but surely that person will thank you for the rest of his life and pray for you”.
Check out the official note from Albert Einstein Hospital on Faustão’s health condition released this Sunday (20). According to the statement, Faustão is under intensive care and is on dialysis in need of medication to help his heart pump.
“On August 5, Fausto Silva was admitted to Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein for treatment of heart failure, a condition that has been followed since 2020.
He is under intensive care and, due to the worsening condition, there is an indication for heart transplantation. The patient is on dialysis and needs medication to help the heart pump.
Fausto Silva has already been included in the single line of transplants, governed by the State Department of Health of São Paulo, which takes into account, for prioritization, the waiting time, blood typing and the severity of the case.
Dr. Fernando Bacal, cardiologist at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Dr. Miguel Cendorogio Neto, Medical Director and Hospital Services at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein”.
