BSMMU conducts first-ever liver transplant surgery

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has conducted the first-ever liver transplant surgery, demonstrating the public hospital's progress in modern healthcare service, reports UNB.

The surgery was successfully conducted on Monday on a 20-year-old youth who had been diagnosed with Liver Cirrhosis in 2017, Professor Dr Zulfiqar Rahman Khan, head of BSMMU's Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic and Liver Transplant Surgery department, told a press briefing on Tuesday.

He said it was a free surgery as the mother of the youth donated part of her liver to her son.

Dr Khan said a team of 50 doctors took part in the 18-hour long operation that began at 6:00 am on Monday.