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Coimbatore: City on Saturday witnessed a rare get-together of liver transplant survivors. Most of them said when they were diagnosed with liver failure they were told their days could be numbered. “Many patients are scared of liver transplant surgery and its survival rate. The meet was to help some patients meet these survivors and their families to get reassured. From February, we have begun finding joy, hope and everything seems to be going our way.”Liver transplant surgeon at Gem Hospital, Dr Anand Vijai, who organized the get-together, said he got the idea to have a reunion after a lot of liver failure patients expressed their desire to meet or speak to liver transplant survivors..