Times of Oman

Two more liver transplant­s at Royal Hospital

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Times News Service

MUSCAT: Royal Hospital has once again succeeded in carrying out liver transplant­s for two people who had cirrhosis of the liver, according to the Oman Ministry of Health.

Dr. Mohammed Rila performed the liver transplant­s assisted by Dr. Nadia Al Harthy, consultant for liver and digestive diseases, and Dr. Sulaiman Al Maamari, consultant, liver surgery.

One of the donors, Rawya Al Alawi, said: “My initiative to donate a portion of my liver to my sister is to put an end to her suffering of many years, and comes from my absolute belief in the ability of the Royal Hospital to perform liver transplant­ation with high skill.”

She added that the hospital had medical staff with high competence and that its liver transplant operations had a 100 per cent success rate.

Her sister and the recipient, Huda, praised the tireless efforts of the staff at Royal Hospital, saying, “Liver transplant­ation has ended my suffering of eight years. During this period, I experience­d repeated deteriorat­ion in my health and physical activity.”

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