The first live liver transplant will be done at the Scots hospital and will be headed by Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (ERI). Health minister Andy Kerr considers it as a lifeline for all those who had been waiting for a liver transplant. However, Kerr cannot neglect the controversy involved in this sort of transplant. Transplantation of a portion of a live liver will be functional in developing a healthy liver in the patient but it can cause serious health implications for the donor.
Though John Forsyth, a consultant surgeon and clinical director at the ERI hospital has formed a team comprising a transplant co-coordinator, medical assessor, psychiatrist, physician and social worker. But their role in tackling a donor’s condition before and after the transplant will make all the difference to the live liver transplant, otherwise conventional liver transplants will again engage a team to urge individuals to donate their livers after death.
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