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HYDERABAD: Every parent makes sacrifices, big or small, for their children. But in some cases, or in the case of some parents, the story is extraordinary. Shashikiran is only fifteen, but he suffers from a disease called cryptogenic cirrhosis that impairs the functioning of the liver. The experts ruled that the only way to save his life was to opt for a liver transplant.
The boy's family enlisted him under Jeevandan, the government's corpse transplant program. But he was placed on the waiting list, which meant that his life could also be saved by a living donor. When this information was pbaded on to the family, Father D Uppalaiah's boys volunteered to donate some of his liver.
A polio attack in childhood had affected both legs of Uppalaiah, leaving him disabled. Now, the 40-year-old earns his living by working as a tailor at Khammam while his wife works as a farmer to make ends meet in the family. Doctors at the Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), where the boy was admitted, now had a donor in hand. But, there was a problem.
Laparoscopy showed that Uppalaiah had excess fat in his liver. "While the percentage of fat in the liver should not be greater than five, it was much higher for the donor in this case," said Dr. N Bheerappa, head of the surgical gastroenterology department at NIMS. They told Uppalaiah that if he was to be a donor, he had to lose weight, at least 4 kg to reduce the possibility of failure. Over the next 45 days, Uppalaiah lost 8 kg. On June 4th, Dr. Bheerappa and his team performed the first liver transplant of a living donor. 330 grams of father's liver were transplanted to the son. While Uppalaiah was released in 7 days, Shashikiran is still under hospital care to avoid the risk of infection.
So, how did Uppalaiah overcome his disability and lose so much weight? "I started walking about 2 km everyday.I also changed my diet.I stopped eating rice completely and relied on legumes and juices.I lose 4 kg in 20 days.But since the doctors said that the more I was losing weight, the better it was for my son, I continued my diet until the date of the operation, Loser 8 kg. "
First Donor Liver Transplant Living at NIMS
This was the first time that a live donor liver transplant was performed at NIMS. While liver transplantation was initiated at the institute three years ago, it was limited to cadaveric procedure, where the organ is taken from a brain dead patient. Dr. N Bheerappa said the delay was due to the fact that the procedure is much more complex in the case of a living donor. Around Rs 10.8 lakhs for surgery was sanctioned by Aarogyasri Trust.
NIMS Offers Scoliosis Surgery at Lower Cost
Foreign Nationals Rush at NIMS as Very Costly Surgery to Correct Scoliosis Where the Patient Has an Abnormal Curvature in the Spine, Is Performed here at a lower cost. Scoliosis can lead to complications of the heart and lungs. While private hospitals charge between 10 and 15 lakh, it costs less than 2 lakh at NIMS. The orthopedists of the Institute said that this year they operated on three people from Africa and that a fourth patient was waiting for his turn.
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