Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre performed India’s first successful liver transplantation on a one-month-old baby on 23rd July in the city. The youngest child to undergo liver transplantation in the country is now doing well and is under the hospital’s postoperative care.

This rare surgery was performed on Aadav (name changed) from Mumbai, who had developed vomiting in the first week of birth, requiring immediate hospitalization. What was believed to be a simple infection, was later diagnosed as urea cycle disorder, which is a metabolic disorder.

When the parents realized that liver transplantation was the only curative treatment option, they shifted the child from Mumbai to Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre. The 10-hour long surgery was performed by an expert team of pediatric transplant surgeons and pediatric anesthetists.

Commenting on the first of its kind surgery, Prof Mohamed Rela, Chairman and Managing Director of Dr Rela Institute & Medical Centre, said, “I am glad that a quick diagnosis and timely supportive measures were initiated in mumbai that has prevented the child from having brain damage. The parents took the right decision to let their baby undergo liver transplantation. No centre in India has so far performed liver transplantation on such a young infant.