Son saves father’s life in a rare liver transplant surgery at Kumaran Hospitals
Prof Mohamed Rela’s team perform a rare ABO incompatible liver transplant successfully; Breakthrough solution to solve the long standing problem of blood group incompatibility Chennai, December 18, 2019: David Marshall, a 54 year old gentleman suffered from serious Liver problems and came to Kumaran Hospitals, where he was diagnosed with Liver Failure and Liver Cancer. The problem was very serious and it was clearly evident that only a Liver Transplant could save his life. Though Tamilnadu is the pioneer in organ transplantation and the state tops the table of successful liver transplantations performed in India, the numbers are still far away from adequate. Listing the recipient’s name in the State Organ Registry and waiting for it could take a very long time and many patients don’t survive this long and painful wait for a matching organ from an unknown brain-dead patient. One major solution to this problem is harvesting a part of the liver from a Living Related Do...
