'Unfit' liver prompts docs to cancel transplant

Kolkata | Saturday | 13th October, 2018

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KOLKATA: Doctors found the liver of 57-year-old Monika Kar, who was declared brain dead and whose family gave their consent to an organ donation a day before, unfit for the transplant. "We worked hard to make the transplant happen. They did this in the interest of the recipient," said Rupayan Roy, who later underwent a successful heart transplant surgery in the same year. Doctors, though, said such last-minute changes can happen in deceased organ donations and this should not hit the organ donation drive that's picking up momentum in the state. "The awareness on organ donation is on the rise..