Organ Donation
A 14-hour-long liver transplant saved the child and post surgery, the father-daughter duo returned home but they are under medical supervision. The surgery was conducted on Sept 28 but the child was discharged on Oct 16.
The girl, had been diagnosed with “end-stage liver disease” that resulted from progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3, a rare inherited condition, said doctors. Every stitch demands precision, and there is little room for error,” said Rahul Roy, consultant – surgical gastroenterology, liver transplantation & hepatobiliary surgery. Kolkata: A police officer from Jharkhand donated 410g of his liver, giving a new lease of life to his eight-year-old daughter, battling with a rare genetic liver disease, at a private hospital off EM Bypass. Instead of looking for a donor, the officer decided to donate the left lobe of his liver to his daughter. Repeated abdominal fluid discharge led the child’s parents to Kolkata where they admitted her to Narayana RN Tagore Hospital, Mukundapur. “In a child, the vessels and bile ducts we join are very small.
“She will require lifelong follow-ups and medication to protect her new liver, but her disease has been treated at its root,” Bappaditya Har, senior consultant – gastrointestinal oncology, liver transplantation & hepatobiliary surgery.