French medics would perform free of charge kidney transplantation in Sofia's Pirogov emergency institute.
The recipient is a 15-year old girl, Bulgarian National Radio reported. Her mother is the donor.
All surgical procedures should be concluded by 4pm on October 25. The French government would be responsible for the travel and accommodation expenses of the medics, the national radio reported.
The Bulgarian government would pay for the operation and for the treatment of the patients.
Such transplantations were performed in France since 30 years, the medics said. The risk for the donor was 0.003 per cent and the operation was successful in 90 per cent of the cases.
Twenty-five Bulgarian children were in need of kidney transplantation, the national radio reported.
The transplantation carried out in Pirogov was part of a programme for scientific and medical co-operation between Bulgaria and France. It targeted mainly kidney and liver transplantation.
