Kottayam MCH successfully performs liver transplant surgery on 5-year-old
Thiruvananthapuram: In a landmark medical achievement, the Government Medical College Hospital (MCH) in Kottayam district has performed its first paediatric liver transplant surgery.
According to a PTI report, the surgery was performed on a five-year-old child suffering from liver-related ailments, Health Minister Veena George said here in a statement on Saturday.
"The child's 25-year-old mother donated her liver. It is the first paediatric liver transplantation in the state," Veena George said.
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Paediatric liver transplantations are very rare in government hospitals, she said, adding that live surgery is a very complicated procedure.
An expert tream, led by Dr R S Sindhu, head of the surgical gastro department of the hospital, carried out the complicated operation, she said.
George also congratulated the doctor and her team for conducting the rare surgery, news agency PTI reported.
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