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In a landmark medical achievement, the first ever liver transplant surgery done in Dubai has saved the life of a 38-year-old woman.
From left: Dr Tashfeen Siddiq Ali, chief medical officer and consultant emergency medicine at King’s College Hospital, Dubai, Dr Marwan Al Mulla, CEO of Health Regulation Sector at DHA and Dr Ali Al Obaidi, chairman of the UAE National Transplant Committee during the press conference to announce the first successful liver transplant in Dubai on Wednesday
In a landmark medical achievement, the first ever liver transplant surgery done in Dubai has saved the life of a 38-year-old woman.
The transplant was done at the King’s College Hospital, Dubai, on November 29 and the patient has been doing well after the surgery, it was announced on Wednesday.
The family of a brain-dead patient donated the latter’s liver which was transplanted into the recipient’s body in a four-hour surgery. A team from the King’s College Hospital, London, flew down to lead the surgery along with experts from the facility’s Dubai branch.
Dr Marwan Al Mulla, CEO of Health Regulation Sector at Dubai Health Authority (DHA), said this marks the next phase of organ transplant in Dubai.
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