Trichy :

A 53-year-old businessman with end-stage liver failure has received a fresh chance at normal life, thanks to the efforts of a team of doctors from a private hospital in the city and the timely reception of organs from a liver and brain dead man.

Motilal Jain from Jodhpur in Rajasthan was admitted at Cethar Hospital in the city a couple of weeks ago. He was suffering from an acute case of Hepatitis B. He also had abdominal swelling due to fluid collection, blood in the motion and jaundice and renal failure.

A team of doctors, including transplant surgeon Dr G Rajarathinam, transplant anesthetist Dr Rasweth Krishnamoorthy and interventional radiologist Dr Bavuharan, assessed the patient and decided that he had to undergo a liver transplant if he was to live, even though the process would be very risky.

The organ of a liver and brain dead man was chosen, and the surgery commenced. It took 16 long hours, since the condition of the patient was volatile, but the doctors emerged successful in the end.

Motilal is now recovering. Doctors and the patient met the media on Sunday to brief them on his condition and explain the technological advancement that had made the surgery possible.

“Humans come in contact with Hepatitis B virus through non-sterilized injections and other reasons. So, it is highly risky to operate on such patients. Despite the difficulties, our doctors pulled it off,” said executive director of Cethar hospital Karthick Sivakumar on Sunday.

A liver transplant usually costs around Rs15 lakh, but in Motilal’s case the expense ran up to Rs23 lakh because he required the expensive ‘immuno suppress’ injection twice, Karthick added.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Trichy / TNN / November 24th, 2015