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| The 12-hour long transplant was done on a 40-year-old patient from Sialkot. His condition is said to be stable |
The cadaveric liver (a liver from someone who has died) was donated by Mohammad Arsalan, a 16-year-old 10th class student of Muslim Town. He was admitted to the hospital with multiple injuries he had suffered in a road accident.
The 12-hour long transplant was done on a 40-year-old patient from Sialkot. His condition is said to be stable.
The surgery was conducted by a team of surgeons headed by Prof Dr Muhammad Tufail. Other members were: Dr Muhammad Shafi, Dr Amir Latif, Dr Tariq Bangash, Dr Haroon Majeed, Dr Umar Ali and Dr Ihtezaz Hussain. Shaikh Zayed Hospital’s former chairman Prof Dr Anwar A. Khan also assisted the surgeons.
The operation had started at 6pm on Thursday and ended at 6am on Friday.
It was the fourth liver transplant performed in Pakistan. The three previous surgeries were carried by foreign doctors — two in Karachi six years ago and one in Lahore in April 2006.
Arsalan had been admitted to the hospital three days ago. He died of his wounds in the hospital’s intensive care unit late on
Thursday night.
Arsalan’s father Naveed Anjum told the surgeons that his son had pledged to donate his liver.
