3 year old Ukrainian undergoes liver transplant in Chennai News Today

  • | Tuesday | 20th April, 2021

Chennai: A three-year-old girl underwent liver transplant surgery without blood transfusion at a city hospital recently. Her family belongs to Jehovah's Witnesses followers of a Christian faith that prohibits use of blood or blood products during treatment. So during the transplant we need to transfuse blood and blood products. But in this case the child was prepared for liver transplant with medication to improve her anemia and later taken for transplant. Meticulous care was taken during surgery to reduce blood loss and we managed to perform the liver transplant successfully without blood transfusion”.

Chennai: A three-year-old girl underwent liver transplant surgery without blood transfusion at a city hospital recently. According to doctors Milana from Ukraine was brought to Rela Hospital in a critical condition. Her family belongs to Jehovahs Witnesses followers of a Christian faith that prohibits use of blood or blood products during treatment. The family requested that the surgery be performed without blood transfusion. Prof Mohamed Rela chairman Rela Hospital said “with liver failure blood does not clot. So during the transplant we need to transfuse blood and blood products. But in this case the child was prepared for liver transplant with medication to improve her anemia and later taken for transplant. Meticulous care was taken during surgery to reduce blood loss and we managed to perform the liver transplant successfully without blood transfusion”.

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