For 54-year old Zaib Un Nisa, a resident of Sialkot in Pakistan, the best Eid gift anyone could give her, has been delivered by a team of Indian doctors.
Doctors at Sir Ganga Ram hospital here gave the woman a new lease of life by transplanting the liver of her 26-year
old son Umar Subhani on her after a challenging operation.
This is the best Eid gift I can get. We came here with a lot of hope and by the grace of Allah I have got a new life this Eid. The doctors here have gone out of their way to help us. I can’t thank them enough,” Zaib Un Nisa said.
Wishing people on both sides of the border, a peaceful and happy Eid-ul-Fitr, Zaib Un Nisa said she hopes for more
people to people contact between Indians and Pakistanis. “I want to wish a very happy Eid to one and all,” she said.
The operation was done on 14th August, which happens to be the Independence Day of Pakistan and her son’s birthday as well.
A team of 21 personnel from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital operated Zaib Un Nisa in a 16-hour long operation on 14th
August, during which we transplated Subhani’s liver to her.
She was suffering from liver cirrhosis, a condition in which almost 80 per cent of her liver was damaged,” Associate Director, Hepatobiliary and liver transplant department of the hospital, Dr Naimish N Mehta said.
The family had come to Delhi in February after getting a medical visa, he said. Suffering from Hepatitis C infection for more than 3-4 years, she and her family had lost all hopes till they came to know about the possibility of a treatment in an Indian hospital.
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