Presenter Fausto Silva, known as Faustão, underwent a kidney transplant on Monday (26) following complications from kidney disease. On the Internet, many people questioned whether Faustão had “sprung forward” to undergo the second medical procedure of this kind in less than six months, since the communicator had already received a new heart in August. On the profile “Faustão do meu coração”, Fausto's family clarified the matter and explained how Faustão came to have the kidney transplant by sharing a post by Leon Alvim, a doctor specializing in nephrology, on established criteria for prioritizing patients who are due to waiting for a new organ, shared.
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“In the State of São Paulo, Resolution SS6 of February 8, 2019, in point 5.2, establishes that patients who have previously received a solid organ transplant will have priority on the transplant list if they experience failure of another organ of the latter,” said the doctor.
According to the post, this priority is not new and is consistently applied, as evidenced by data from 2023 in which 34 kidney transplants were performed on patients who developed kidney failure after transplants of other organs.
“Any patient in the above condition will be given priority in the transplant queue. For example, in 2023, of 1933 kidney transplants carried out in São Paulo, 34 were transplanted in patients who developed kidney failure after a heart, liver or pancreas transplant,” the expert wrote.
1 of 18 sports reporter: Fausto Silva (Faustão) interviews the player Sócrates in 1982 Photo: Olívio Lamas / Agência O Globo 2 of 18 “Sexolândia” painting reveals the intimacy of actresses and actors (1993) Photo: TV Globo/ Disclosure 3 of 18 Faustão presents the program “Domingão do Faustão” in 1991. — Photo: Irineu Barreto Filho / Agência O Globo 4 of 18 Faustão alongside Sérgio Malandro in the program “Xou da Xuxa” in 1992 — Photo: Fernando Rabelo / Agência O Globo 5 of 18 Actress Joana Fomm and the Faustão truck in the background in Brasília (1989) Photo: Mino Pedrosa / Agência O Globo 6 of 18 Faustão presents the program Perdidos na Noite in 1987 Photo: Archive 7 of 18 Fausto Silva in 1990. Before arriving on television, the presenter passed through the print media and radio stations Jovem Pan, Rádio Globo, Excelsior. In 1989 he was invited by Globo to direct “Domingão do Faustão” Photo: Leonardo Aversa/Agência O Globo 8 of 18 Fausto Silva (Faustão) in conversation with stagehands Russo and Tom Cavalcante during Domingão do Faustão 1997 Photo: Divulgação/ TV Globo 9 of 18 Faustão with Aguinaldo Timóteo, Agnaldo Rayol and Cauby Peixoto during Domingão do Faustão in 1999. — Photo: Divulgação/TV Globo 10 of 18 Faustão with the dancers of the Academia do Faustão, part of Domingão (1992) — Photo: Fernando Quevedo/Agência O Globo 11 of 18 Faustão and director Lucimara Parisi Photo: João Miguel Jr./Tv Globo/Disclosure 12 of 18 Faustão on Programa do Jô in 2016 Photo: Ramón Vasconcelos / Rede Globo / Disclosure 13 of 18 Faustão presents the “Best of the Year” award 2014 on TV Globo Photo: Rafael Moraes/Agência Globo 14 of 18 Faustão na Band premiered on January 17, 2022 and recorded until May 18, 2023 Photo: Rodrigo Moraes/Disclosure 15 of 18 Faustão with doctors Fabio Gaiotto and Fernando Bacal Photo: Reproduction/Instagram 16 of 18 After the heart transplant, Faustão thanks the support and assures fans: “I am completely recovered” Photo: Reproduction 17 of 18 Faustão gains weight afterwards Home a video on discharge from the hospital Photo: @faustaodomeucoracao 18 of 18 Faustão appears in a video to call for organ donation: “The fight is for life” Photo: Reproduction/ Instagram
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Regarding Faustão's case, the State Transplant Center of São Paulo emphasized that he was the 13th patient duly listed for a kidney transplant. According to the health department, there are several criteria for prioritizing patients. These include the “complete impossibility of access to dialysis, after transplantation of another organ and after kidney donation”. The criteria for classifying potential kidney transplant recipients are: “HLA compatibility (genetic), ABO compatibility (blood), prioritization and donor age”.
“Fausto Silva was added to the transplant queue on February 6 and, following state decisions, underwent a kidney transplant last Monday, the 26th, thus meeting the prioritization criteria,” the São Paulo State Transplant Center explained to EXTRA.
Why was Faustão hospitalized?
The kidney transplant that Faustão underwent last Monday was caused by a complication of the kidney disease from which the presenter suffers. In recent years he has suffered a progressive loss of his organs' ability to filter blood. As a check, the communicator underwent dialysis, a type of artificial procedure that removes waste materials and excess water from the blood.
On Tuesday (27), Faustão left the intensive care unit of the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in São Paulo and was taken to his room. The information was published by O Globo columnist Lauro Jardim, with whom Fausto Silva spoke.
— Another week and I'll be home free. For those who have had a heart transplant, a kidney transplant is easier.
2 of 2 After the heart transplant, Faustão thanks the support and assures the fans: “I am fully recovered” Photo: Reproduction After the heart transplant, Faustão thanks the support and assures the fans: “I am fully recovered” Photo: Reproduction