A young woman suffering from severe acute hepatitis has received part of her sister’s liver in the first living-donor liver transplant performed at the Mohammed VI International University Hospital in Rabat, the hospital announced on Thursday.
The operation, carried out on October 15, involved specialist surgical, medical and nursing teams working to transplant a portion of the healthy sister’s liver into the critically ill patient.
Both women have since been discharged and returned home, the hospital said in a statement issued on November 12.
The recipient had been suffering from a severe form of acute hepatitis, making the transplant a potentially life-saving treatment.
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Her sister volunteered to donate part of her liver, allowing doctors to carry out the procedure using a living donor.
The hospital said both the donor and recipient had made satisfactory progress following surgery and completed the necessary stages of hospital care before being discharged.
The procedure was the first of its kind at the institution, which is affiliated with the Mohammed VI Foundation for Science and Health.
Hospital officials said the operation demonstrated the ability of its surgical, medical and paramedical teams to work together on complex transplant cases.
The institution plans to further develop its organ transplantation services and other specialized treatments.
