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Mr. Anand (name changed), a married 33 year old with a 4 year old child, previous fit and healthy, with no addictive habits, walked into the hospital noticing yellowishness of urine. Investigations revealed Acute Liver Failure due to Hepatitis E Infection needing emergency medical treatment. His condition dramatically deteriorated pushing him into coma, requiring ventilatory support. He needed an emergency Liver transplantation to save his life.

Bengaluru: A 50-year-old man waiting for a kidney transplant turned into an organ donor for a chronic liver patient here after he was declared brain dead.

Soon after he was declared brain dead, his family decided to donate his organs. His liver was transplanted to a patient from Delhi on Friday.

The brain dead patient, a government employee from Bengaluru, was suffering from chronic renal failure and was on dialysis for the past three months.

A 30-year-old woman was successfully treated for severe brain swelling and sinking liver condition at Manipal Hospitals here recently. Dr. A Olithselvan, chairman and consultant hepatologist of the hospital in Bengaluru said that the patient from Dharmapuri district was treated for jaundice. She was diagnosed with acute liver failure which would require emergency liver transplant and the chances of survival were also slim. But the team took up the challenging task and she was treated for brain swelling and hepatitis B viral infection. V. Jayaraman, unit head said that the patient now leads a normal life.

His Eminence Dr. Madhu Krishan's Major Surgery Of His Liver Transplant on 13th Oct 2015 Under Dr. A. Olith Selvan, The Chairman Of Liver Transplant Department Of Manipal Hospital, Bangalore City

Age did not become a barrier for organ transplant as the liver of a 79-year-old woman, who succumbed to intra-cerebral bleeding, was transplanted to a 55-year-old man from New Delhi. The woman, who was admitted to Manipal Hospital on Old Airport Road earlier this week, was declared brain dead on Saturday. The transplant was done on Sunday. A. Olithselvan, chairman of the liver transplant division at Manipal Hospital, said that the liver was in good condition.

The liver of a 79-year-old brain dead woman was transplanted on a 55-year-old recipient at Manipal Hospitals in Bengaluru

Rathna (name changed) was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday as she had an internal bleeding in the brain. According to the doctors treating her, Rathna had intra-cerebral bleeding. The woman did not respond to the treatment and she was declared brain dead on Saturday. "Her husband, a retired army officer, gave his consent for organ donation", said Dr. A. Olithselvan, Chairman, Division of Liver Transplant, Manipal Hospitals.

COIMBATORE: Top medical institutions in the city have come together to start a club where latest techniques and options to treat liver failure could be discussed. Called the Coimbatore Liver Club, it brings together liver surgeons, doctors and medical equipment manufacturers.

Inaugurated last week by Dr Nalla G Palaniswami, chairman, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, the club members have decided to meet on the second Friday of every month to discuss updates and innovations related to the management of the disease.

"Hepatology is still largely an unknown specialization and is often considered a part of gastroenterology. Liver science has made tremendous progress in the past five years," said Dr Olithselvan, president of the liver club and director of liver transplants at KMCH.

Clad in a striped T-shirt and trousers, 49-year-old Munna Lal looked prepared on Thursday for a few questions on the liver transplantation he underwent on July 2 at Kovai Medical Center and Hospital in the city. His eyes lit up when two reporters struck a conversation with him in Hindi, after a press briefing by the hospital on the transplantation.

"Mujhe ghar jhaakhe araam karna hai" (I want to go back home in New Delhi and take rest), he said. It had been a torrid time for this technician in a public sector oil firm since January, when jaundice surfaced to indicate an irreversible disease in his liver. Hepatologist at KMCH A. Olith Selvan said most liver diseases did not show symptoms till they turned worseDiseases

Almost a decade ago, when Stanley Medical College managed to do a liver transplant at their less-than-fancy facility, private hospital administrators would have been worried. After all, liver transplants were reserved for an ‘exclusive’ set of surgeons and hospitals who demanded top dollar for plying their expertise. If public sector (read government-run) hospitals entered the fray and did a Rs 25 lakh surgery for a pittance, it would turn things around. It’s now 2013 and despite the economy being what it is, liver transplant prices are still extremely high – and Stanley is still the only State-run centre doing transplants. On World Liver Day, City Express takes a look at where things stand.

"We do not anticipate the cost coming down for liver transplant, because the expertise and the drugs that it requires are extremely expensive. It is also an extremely risky procedure that requires a lot of standby care," explains Dr. A Olithselvan, Senior Consultant Hepatologist at Global Health City. With liver transplants still costing upward of `20 lakh (MIOT hospitals announced last year that they were doing the most economic transplants at that cost) things are unlikely to change for the next decade or so, he adds. “When things become like public sector healthcare in the UK, then no one will worry about the cost of transplants,” he states.

It is more serious than you would imagine, "it's closer than you think", says the World Health Organisation, about hepatitis (liver inflammation). “That’s because, there’s not much awareness about the disease, though it figures among the four major diseases declared by WHO as global health problems, along with HIV-AIDS,” says Dr. A. Olithselvan, senior consultant, hepatology and liver transplantation, Global Health City.

Considering an estimated 4 per cent of Indians carry the hepatitis B virus or HBV (it may be as high as 10 per cent in tribal populations and villages) and another 1 per cent of Indians carry the hepatitis C virus (HCV), there is reason to sit up and take notice. “Many chronic carriers of HBV and HCV get affected by varying degrees of liver disease — cirrhosis or even complete liver failure in the end stage,” warns Dr. Ubal Das, consultant hepatologist and gastroenterologist, Apollo Hospitals. There is another chilling reason to take the hepatitis virus seriously — it can lead to liver cancer.

Hepatitis B is more infectious than HIV and 100 per cent more dangerous, warn hep­a­tologists, pointing out that about six lakh people die every year due to it. (July 28 is World Hepatitis Day, observed to create public awareness and prevent the disease’s transmission.)

According to WHO, more than 240 million people have chronic liver infections.

"The incidence of hepatitis B in India is 4-5 per cent, while hepatitis C is 1 per cent. Both B and C are dangerous and cause up to 90 per cent liver damage. Almost 80 per cent of liver cancer is due to these viruses," says Dr K. Narayanasamy, professor and head of the hepatology department, MMC.

"HBV can be prevented, but we don’t have vaccines for C. These days, newborn babies are vaccinated. If the mother is hepatitis B positive, newborns are given two types of vaccines – active and passive — within 72 hours of birth. Other newborns need only one," explained Dr Narayanasamy.