The State-run Osmania General Hospital (OGH) in Hyderabad marked another milestone with the successful completion of two liver transplant surgeries within a span of five days. Both the patients have been discharged following a satisfactory recovery, according to hospital doctors.
The first recipient, 15-year-old Matla Sindhuja, hails from the village of Ambala in Kamalapur mandal, Hanamkonda district. Daughter of one Matla Raju, a daily-wage labourer, Sindhuja underwent liver transplant surgery on February 22, and she was discharged on March 4 after a successful recovery. Chronic liver failure resulting from Wilson’s disease, a genetic disorder causing excess copper accumulation in the liver, necessitated the cadaver liver transplantation.
Similarly, Merugu Vaishnavi, a 13-year-old girl and daughter of private school teacher Racha Sravanthi from Bhongir mandal of Yadadri district, underwent a cadaver liver transplantation on February 27. Diagnosed with chronic liver failure due to autoimmune liver disease, Vaishnavi was discharged on March 8 after a successful recovery. The liver donation came from a 11-year-old child declared brain dead in a corporate hospital.
