Mandira Khanna
This 19 year old girl from Shimla, had complained of abdominal cramps, nausea and vomiting one fine morning. She then developed jaundice a few days later. The family thought it was an ordinary jaundice and sought local treatment. Suddenly when she developed loss of conscious ness, the doctors realized they were dealing with a severe form of acute liver failure due to some unknown toxin. She was rushed to Delhi, to the author's liver transplant center. As her luck would have it there was another family in the same hospital who was grieving the brain death of their son. They had decided to donate all his organs to those who needed them. This noble gesture saved the life of Mandira. The blood group and the size of the liver matched and she underwent an emergency cadaver liver transplant. But for a few niggling issues she had a largely uneventful recovery from advanced coma. She is now a year after transplant and looking at modeling as a career!

Sarika Gupta
None of her family ever dreamt that Sarika would survive the severe acute liver failure in the 32nd week of her pregnancy. Hailing from Mathura, a graduate in Engineering had all due expectations of a normal mother to be. Until the day the fate dashed her dreams with sudden onset of jaundice. All tests for viral infection were negative. Her consciousness deteriorated rapidly and was shifted to the author's center. When she was received at the center her coma was in the third stage. Her family was told that she had barely 12 hours, by when she should receive a liver transplant. There were no suitable live donors in the family. By divine grace, a family of a young man who met with a fatal accident and declared brain dead, wished to donate the organs (after the donor's family saw the plight of Sarika, connected to a ventilator). His blood group matched with Sarika's and without wasting any time the liver was removed from the cadaver donor and was transplanted into Sarika's abdomen after removing her own diseased liver. This was the first transplant of its kind in the subcontinent for acute liver failure induced by pregnancy. Sarika is now with her husband and seriously contemplating to have another baby.

Saker Awadh- the Palestenian miracle!
A Palestinian child who was the fourth born, son of a garage worker, crippled by a rare inherited blood disorder that resulted in clotting of blood with resultant blockage of blood vessels draining the liver (Budd-Chiari syndrome). He was treated at Israel, where the doctors rejected him as a candidate for a liver transplant. However the mother and the father where unwilling to accept this verdict. With the help of friends living in the US, they searched for any center in the world that would accept him for a transplant at an economy that they could afford. The search landed them in touch with the author's programme.

Chandramma Bhuyyan
This young lady was referred from Assam (A northearstern state in India) with advanced liver failure due to cryptogenic liver cirrhosis. Her mother was planning to donate a part of her liver. However on evaluation it was found that the mother too suffered from the same fate and hence was rejected. Since she had no suitable live donors in the family, she was kept on an active waitlist for cadaver transplant. After a traumatic three-month waiting period she received a call for transplant. However this was not to be her day. She had to be sent back with disappointment, as there was a significant weight mismatch between the donor and herself. Two weeks latter in January/03, she received a suitable cadaver organ for transplant. She underwent an uneventful transplant and was discharged three weeks after her operation. Now the starry eyed lady is looking forward to life with zest. (Ref to Jan issue of the LIC News letter

Deepak Mukhi
A true beneficiary of the authors website. Disillusioned and rudderless, Deepak's family was told rather coldly by his doctors that his liver was failing and that nothing can be done to save him. His sister in law, who was working for a bank, managed to collect information about treatment for liver failure from all over the world. It was then very clear that Deepak needed a liver transplant and that this treatment is very expensive abroad. Her search led her to Liverindia.com, where she came to know of successful liver transplants in India. Though there were willing family members to donate him a part liver, their weight and blood groups were unsuitable. As luck would have it he received a suitable cadaver liver after waiting for 4 months. He has now completed 8 months as on 25th July 2003, after transplant and doing well.

Pradeep Kumar
Suffered from severe hepatitis that led to complete destruction of the liver. He was literally in a deathbed at a hospital in Punjab, with severe jaundice and infection. The family took him to a hospital in southern India in a hope to cure him with a liver transplant. But the family was disappointed, as it was not to happen. Dejected they took him back to Ludhiana where they heard of the author's center. One fact finding mission convinced them of the center's capabilities. He was treated aggressively for 3 weeks and he improved in general condition. His wife volunteered to donate a part of her liver to him. He underwent a live-donor liver transplant in April-2003. He made a fast recovery and is well 3 months after transplant. He now visits the team once a month. His quest for life led him to the author's center, and he is thanking his stars for the appropriate decision.

Anand B. Bushan
Anand B.Bushan suffered from a self inflicted liver cirrhosis. He was having treatment for chronic liver failure in various hospitals in the city, including a premier teaching hospital. He had an ice making factory which was shut after he fell ill and finances were running low. He visited some sadhus and saints, who vowed to cure him, but in vain. He was getting weaker by the day and the fluid in his belly was accumulating at a rapid phase. When he visited the transplant center he was malnourished and was barely able to walk. His brother in law kindly decided to fund his transplant. The optimism in the team inspired him and he underwent evaluation for a liver transplant. Two months after that date in November 1998, the doctors suggested that he choose the option of live donor liver transplant. Luckily a suitable cadaver donor was identified for him and he underwent a liver transplant. He developed no complications and went home 3 weeks after his operation. Now three years after his transplant Anand B.Bushan is full of life and works in his revived ice factory, 10-12 hours a day! Of course he has promised his doctor and his family that he will never harm his new liver again. He also happens to be the first Indian to survive a liver transplant in India and also the longest survivor in India.

Sanjay Kandasamy
Sanjay was born in Kancheepuram to parents who were struggling to make ends meet with small joint income. He was the first boy in the family and was detected to have jaundice at birth. The child was taken to the Children's Hospital, Egmore, Chennai. The doctors there diagnosed him to have a congenital condition called biliary atresia. In this condition there is failure of development of bile ducts which drain bile from the liver. The stagnation of bile within the liver results in rapid scarring and cirrhosis. He underwent two operations in Chennai the second one being the Kasai opeartion. After prolonged stay in the hospital he was discharged with no relief in jaundice. At 6 months of age the doctors lost all hope of curing him and the parents were adviced to forget about this child and plan another child! As the fate would have it one of his very determined and educated aunt of his came across an article in the Reader's digest - a story of a child saved by liver transplant using a portion of liver donated by the mother. The ball started rolling with her determination to save the child. On her request her pediatrician who also happened to be a friend of the author, all from the same town, referred him for liver transplant. After several meetings the family set out to Delhi with very limited funds. It was decided that the father will be most suitable to donate a part of his liver. On 1998 30% of the fathers liver was removed and successfully transplanted into the child after removing his diseased liver by the author and his team. Being the first such attempt of this kind in the country the author requested two of his friends from the US, Dr. Ravikumar (anaesthesiologist) and Dr. Meera (Paediatric intensivist) to help out. All their efforts complimented the successful surgery and the child was discharged from the hospital after a stormy postoperative period three months later. All the members of the team (especially the nurses and the physiotherapists) had worked beyond their physical and timelimitations to make a resounding success. Three and half years later Sanjay is a very naughty child going to school and growing normally. He is being managed locally by his own pediatrician.

Dr.V.K.Shourie
A dental surgeon by profession, suffered from liver cirrhosis fro over two years. His wife Anila was determined to do everything possible to save her husband after the doctors declared to her that only liver transplant could save his life. She, like most families would surfed the net and gathered enormous information on liver transplant. She had heard of the author through a common friend and emailed all the reports. She was still debating about the right course of action when her phone rang at night. There was a suitable cadaver liver available at Chennai, while they were still at Mumbai. The surgeon was on a holiday at bangalore when this happened. Anila then spoke to the surgeon at length and decided to take a plunge. The decision that meant life or death to her husband! Both husband and wife flew into Delhi for a liver transplant. Surgeon from Bangalore flew to Madras to harvest the liver and brought it to Delhi. The transplant took place at author's centre in Delhi. They had to look back again. The surgery went ahead smoothly and Dr.Shourie got discharged from the hospital 17 days after transplant. He has now completed 2 years and six months, leading a normal amd active life. Anila still shudders at the snap decision she took on behalf of her husband, when she had not even met the transplant team. But that turned out to be the most crucial positive decision in her life!

Major. Jha
A serving army major suffered from advanced liver cirrhosis for two years. In the last 6 months before his transplant he was so sick that he had to be kept admitted in hospital. He required weekly transfusion of plasma and blood. He also had recurrent infections needing antibiotic treatment. He had two episodes of coma needing stay in the ICU. His long and patient wait for a cadaver organ failed to materialize. His wife was very dynamic and determined to save her husband at all costs. She fought with the rigid army hierarchy to get funds authorized for his transplant. She then motivated a relative to come forward to donate part of his liver. Major Jha underwent the first adult to adult live donor right lobe liver transplant in South Asia. He was hospitalized for four weeks and got discharged uneventfully with normal liver function. His cousin was discharged within a week of donating the right lobe. He has now completed 2 years after his transplant leading a normal and active life as a field officer.

Mr.Rajunandan
Reciepient of (R) lobe of liver from his son on (R)- Sanjeev Abrol Succesfully had liver transplantation in April-2001.

Mrs.Jayaprada
The 55 year old housewife with liver cirrhosis traveled from Hyderabad to Delhi for a liver transplant. Within two months of arrival she was lucky to receive a cadaver liver for transplant. She had an uneventful recovery after the transplant and was discharged within three weeks from the hospital. Her husband was a pillar of support throughout his wife's illness and he had tears in his eyes at her discharge, for he never believed that his loved one will be cured of liver failure and be back with him again.

Al Tawabini
This 65 year old gentleman from Saudi came to the author's center for a liver transplant for cirrhosis with kidney failure. The family was told that cadaver livers were hard to come by and that he has both liver and kidney failure. The family booked their tickets to leave in dejection. Then a day before their planned departure, a suitable cadaver donor was found who donated both the liver and the kidney to him. He had an uneventful recovery and doing well in Saudi Arabia.

Mr.Anil Kant Gautam
Sucessful Right lobe live donor Liver Transplantaion - Liver donated by his daughter.Both are perfectly alright.

Mr.Yuvraj Aggarwal
A successful businessman from Nagpur had come to N.Delhi, looking out for therapy for liver cirrhosis. Like many other patients he had discouraging words from many doctors and other liver treatment centers in Delhi. In spite of all the misinformation and lack of proper guidance he came to our center for evaluation. After meeting the team he decided to stay back in Delhi for a cadaver organ. Two months down the road he received a successful cadaver liver transplant and made an uneventful recovery. He is nearing two years after liver transplant.