Five-year-old Bangladeshi boy undergoes liver transplant
The Hindu
Mohammed, diagnosed with fulminant hepatic failure, was airlifted from Qatar to Chennai hospital
A five-year-old boy on ventilator was airlifted to Rela Hospital here from Qatar for an emergency liver transplant recently. The Bangladeshi boy, who doctors said would live for only 72-hours, has been saved.
Mohammed was diagnosed with fulminant hepatic failure (a clinical syndrome of acute and severe liver impairment). Tests in Qatar revealed that the liver enzymes, ammonia, and coagulation profile, were drastically deranged but doctors could not ascertain the cause for the rapid and sudden deterioration.
As his condition worsened he was put on ventilator support and medication to stabilise his blood pressure.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.