Operation Transplant exclusively documents the journey of medical teams and patients involved in organ transplants in São Paulo. From organ procurement to hospital discharge, the episodes unveil intense challenges and the race for life.
EPISODE 1
Compatible Love
A team fights to find a liver to save a patient with cirrhosis and doctors must prove compatibility between a couple in the search for a kidney.
EPISODE 2
A Chance to Live
A team needs to find the ideal heart for a terminally ill patient and a baby must receive part of a liver donated by his mother.
EPISODE 3
Between Siblings
Surgeons need to replace the lungs of a woman and a team performs a living-donor liver transplant between two sisters.
EPISODE 4
The Greatest Gesture of Love
The liver transplant team needs to act quickly when faced with a serious complication and a kidney transplant team operates on an older couple.
EPISODE 5
Between Life and Death
A new liver is the last hope for a patient facing repeated hospitalizations and a team operates on a mother and daughter in a living-donor transplant.
EPISODE 6
Countdown
A complex surgery can change the fate of a man with cirrhosis, a patient with diabetes needs a dual transplant and a housewife needs a new heart.
Rodrigo Astiz