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Greek student receives emergency liver transplant in Turin
Eirini, a Greek woman born in 1998 who studies in the Netherlands, became critically ill while in Greece.
She has Wilson disease, a rare genetic condition that causes copper to build up in the body, especially in the liver.
Her liver failed rapidly, leading to failure of other organs, and she was flown by medical aircraft to the Molinette hospital in Turin.
Italian and Greek transplant services coordinated her transfer, and doctors placed her on Italy’s national emergency liver transplant list.
Hospital staff used life-support treatment and plasma exchange to try to remove copper from her blood and keep her alive.
She received a liver transplant, which she said saved her life.
The account does not give further details about her recovery or what comes next.
A 28-year-old Greek student received an emergency liver transplant at Molinette hospital in Turin after developing acute liver failure in Greece.
Eirini has Wilson disease, a rare genetic condition that causes copper to build up in the body, especially in the liver.
Her condition rapidly worsened into multiple-organ failure, and she was flown to Turin unconscious and critically ill.
The transplant took place about 12 hours after she arrived at Molinette, using an organ made available from a nearby region.
After three months in hospital to treat complications, she was discharged in recovery.
- Who
- Eirini, a 28-year-old Greek student studying in the Netherlands.
- What
- She received an emergency liver transplant after acute liver failure developed into multiple-organ failure.
- When
- Not stated. The articles were published on October 11, 2026.
- Where
- Molinette hospital in Turin, Italy. She became ill in Greece.
- Why
- Wilson disease caused a rapid deterioration in her liver function.
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I was saved on the last day of my life
A true miracle of life. Italy for Greece. A great gift of life: a new liver. The power of donation. The multidisciplinary excellence of our professionals. All this made it possible to save a young Greek woman, when the situation seemed to be deteriorating definitively. Molinette is more than a hospital
Eirini became ill and developed liver failure that rapidly progressed to multiple-organ failure.
Italy activated its transplant collaboration protocol with Greece, and Turin agreed to receive her.
Eirini arrived at Caselle airport on a medicalised aircraft and was taken to Molinette in critical condition.
Eirini went into surgery for a liver transplant.
She was discharged in recovery after treatment for post-transplant complications.
- Patient
- Eirini, a 28-year-old Greek student
- Condition
- Wilson disease and acute liver failure
- Hospital
- Molinette, Turin
- Transplant timing
- About 12 hours after arriving at Molinette
- Hospital stay
- Three months
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