LIVER SWAP TRANSPLANTATION; FIRST IN INDIA

LIVER THE WORSHOP OF MAN

Science and Love can hardly be confined to geographical boundaries. Interestingly hatred also spill over lines of countries. Now it is up to the mankind as to what does he want to spread.

Love and Hate, Science and Nature do not recognize geographical boundaries. Our history and civilisation are stuffed with such examples in which love transcended the border but at the same time hate in form of terrorism has become pan civilization crossing all boundaries in the world. It is now the turn of science. A new chapter of sacrifice, pain sharing and love making has been written with the indelible ink of Medical science on 18^th August in Sir Ganga Ram hospital in New Delhi, the national capital of India.

Indian doctors successfully conducted first ever liver swap transplantation in Sir Ganga Ram hospital and made confluence of the liver, the workshop of human body, of one Nigerian and Indian. This operation has added one new chapter in the success story of Indian Medical Science.

It so happened that Dike, the 18 months boy from Nigeria and 44 years old Priya of India became India’s first patients who successfully underwent Swap liver transplantation’ in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital at Delhi. Dike was suffering from Bellary Astresia, a disease in which is the common bile duct between the liver and the small intestine is blocked or absent. It is a very rare condition and if not diagnosed and treated in time would lead to Liver failure.

Priya on the other hand was suffering from Hepatitis C infection and it was in advance stage. She was later diagnosed with tuberculosis. Blood group of Dike’s mother Chinwe was A+, which matched with that of Priya. On the other hand, Haresh, the husband of Priya had blood group B+, which was the same as Dike’s. Chinwe gave 50% of her right liver to Priya while 20% of Haresh’s left liver was transplanted into Dike. Thus both ailing patients got a fresh leash of life. It was a prestigious moment for all of us because this was one of the rarest surgical operations because doctors had to conduct four operations at the same time. At team of 35 doctors worked for 16 hours led by chief Liver transplant surgeon Dr. A.S. Soin. Three cheers for all of them.

NEW FEATHERS IN CAP- Medical Sciences in India is making huge success both in the fields of surgery and medicine. In July last Year one Supratim Dutta met an accident in Delhi, in which his vehicle rammed into Delhi Metro Construction site and an iron bar pierced into his chest through the bonnet of the car. The Iron rod pierced his liver, stomach and lung and his conditional was very critical obviously. When he was brought to the trauma centre of AIIMS at Delhi he was in pool of blood. Dr. Biplab Misra and his team of 8 doctors, attending on Dutta, did the operation and saved dutta’s life which was nothing short of a miracle.

In an another miraculous surgery, Doctors in Sparsh Hospital at Bangalore successfully operated Laxmi, a two years old girl from Bihar, who had eight limbs. In a complicated surgery which lasted for 40 hour and conducted by a team of as many as 36 doctors including 30 neurosurgeons and 16 super specialists, Laxmi was successfully separated from her ‘Parasitic Conjoined Twin’. This operation made big news in the world of medical sciences and our doctors earned worldwide appreciation.

Similarly Asian Heart Instituted Bandra came in limelight when Dr Panda conducted on the rarest of the rare cardiac surgery on a 70 years old lady from Ludhiana who suffered two massive heart attacks in 24 hours.

It has proved beyond doubt that country is stuffed with brilliant doctors and scientist. But unfortunately still rural India lacks even the basic healthcare facilities. The miracles of metros need therefore to reach out in the countryside also.