Dr. Rahul Roy
Kolkata, 15 May 2025 – In a heartwarming display of medical expertise and human compassion, Narayana Hospital RN Tagore Hospital, Mukundapur, successfully performed a life-saving liver transplant on a 43-year-old man suffering from end-stage liver disease, with his wife stepping forward as the living donor.
The patient, a resident of Jamshedpur, had been battling severe liver complications for nearly two years, including continuous loose stools, extreme weakness, and altered sensorium. He was admitted to the emergency department in critical condition, exhibiting alarming symptoms such as low blood pressure, haematemesis (vomiting blood), melena (black stools), and rectal bleeding. Diagnostic tests revealed decompensated chronic liver disease with multiple advanced complications, including Grade III oesophageal varices, hepatic encephalopathy, portal hypertensive gastropathy, and ascites.
The patient was immediately transferred to the intensive therapy unit and placed on ventilatory support. A comprehensive treatment and diagnostic approach — involving endoscopy, ultrasound-guided drainage, pulmonary function tests, and high-resolution CT scans — paved the way for surgical planning.
Following a meticulous pre-operative optimisation process, a 14-hour-long transplant surgery was successfully conducted by a dedicated multidisciplinary team. Post-operatively
