Proving a true hero to his son, an Iraqi father saved his seven-month-old child by donating him a part of his liver after the baby was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a congenital disease of the liver requiring a surgery within 90 days of the detection.
However, in case of Hinar Hunar Jawad, he had jaundice for the last five and half months and was not given any treatment in Iraq because of which his condition deteriorated and performing a surgery was life threatening.
It was then the doctors in Fortis Noida decided to opt for a liver transplant.
While the parents of Hinar were thinking about how to get a donor for their son, they could not believe their luck when doctors informed them that they could infact become the donor to save their little one. Hinar's father Hunar Jawad Omar came forward to donate.
As part of the transplant procedure, both the father and the son were operated simutaneusly on June 27 wherein part of the liver from Hunar was taken out and was transplanted in Hinar. The entire transplant process took 12 hours.
"Hinar came to us with a completely damaged liver. We didn't have the option of doing surgery on him. Moreover, the surgery is required to be done within three months of the detection and is sucessful only in 20 per cent cases. A baby suffering from biliary atresia could survive from few months to one year. That is why we went for live transplant," Dr Vivek Vij, director of liver transplantation, Fortis hospital.
"An adult man's liver usually has eight segments. We have used two segments of Hunar's liver which is almost 20 per cent of the entire liver for the transplant. Moreover, many people don't even know that a liver grows and there is no harm in donating a part of your liver to save someone's life," Vij added.
Dr Rajeev Tomar, Sr Consultant, Pediatrician said that performing a liver transplant on such a small baby who had a completely damaged liver disease and severe electrolyte imbalance was one of the major challenges.
However after the surgery, doctors say that Hinar is doing well with no traces of jaundice and normal weight gain. He is ready to fly back to Iraq with his parents.
