Ahmedabad: Two-year-old baby Hirva, suffering from an inherited fatal liver disorder, has undergone a successful living donor liver transplant, becoming the youngest to undergo the treatment in Gujarat so far, said city based CIMS Hospital.

Patient Hirva’s father is an auto driver and could not afford the treatment. She had lost a sibling to the same disease earlier, and she herself had slipped into a coma several times because of the disorder. Moreover, the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic increased manifold the risks surrounding organ transplant. And to top it all, the patient was a young child. However, she fought on and underwent a successful liver transplant. Her treatment was funded by CIMS and MILAP.

“Hirva’s mother donated a portion of her liver,” said Dr. Keyur Parikh, Chairman, CIMS Hospital.

He also said that baby Hirva is recovering well from the surgery.

Dr. Dhiren Shah, Transplant Team Director said,“ We have received help from the Government of Gujarat for giving us approval in this COVID era”.

The Liver Transplant Program at CIMS is only six months old and till now we have had 100% success rate with no mortality so far. Six liver transplants, including five living donor liver transplants, have been done so far and all of them are doing well, a feat not easily achieved in Liver Transplant Programs.

The transplant team was comprising of Dr. Gaurav Patel, Dr. Amit Chitaliya, Dr. Himanshu Sharma, Dr. Prachi Brahmbhatt, Mr. Praful Achar, and Anaesthetists Dr Niren Bhavsar and Dr Deepak Desai along with Dr. Anand Khakhar, who has played a pioneering role in liver transplantation.