A medical team in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have successfully carried out the country's first liver transplantation to save a 46-year-old Indian patient, local newspaper Khaleej Times reported on Wednesday.
The operation was carried out a team of UAE doctors led by visiting German doctor on Aug. 10 at Zayed Military Hospital in the country's capital Abu Dhabi, according to the report.
In the operation, the team used 60 percent of the liver of the patient's wife to help save him, who had been suffering from advanced liver failure during the past three months.
Medical and official sources said that the operation was 100 percent successful and both patients will be recovered in few days.
This operation will pave the way for setting up a center for liver, pancreas and kidney transplantation, which will spare both nationals and expatriates the hassles of going abroad for treatment, said Dr. Rashid Ahmed Al Nuaimi, Director of Medical Services of the hospital.
"We urge health authorities in the country to work harder to activate federal law on organs transplantation to have a centre of excellence in this field," he said.
"The surgery will build confidence on our capabilities to conduct critical operations inside the country, and consequently spare citizens and residents hardships like finding donors, medical ethics applied in different countries, as well as high expenses of getting treatment abroad," he added.
Source: Xinhua
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