Seven Successful Liver Transplants Performed At Sindh Institute Of Urology And Transplantation

Successful living donor liver transplant of seven patients was performed at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) jointly performed by two visiting surgeons from Iran with their three counterparts from SIUT.

KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Jun, 2018 ) :Successful living donor liver transplant of seven patients was performed at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) jointly performed by two visiting surgeons from Iran with their three counterparts from SIUT.

The Iranian surgeons from Shiraz visited SIUT and carried out similar surgeries, said a statement on Monday.

All the surgeries were performed free of cost as a part of Institute's philosophy to provide all treatment "free with dignity".

The patients included two minors with the age group ranging between 10 and 11 while remaining patients were adults.

All the patients represented low income group who had traveled from Southern Punjab, Balochistan and interior Sindh.

Giving the details, hospital sources said donors were mother, husband and sibling who are doing well.

Kidney transplant is the flagship of SIUT as they have carried over 5,000 procedures ever since the program initiated in 1985.