and Saritha Shinu had been over the moon for three months since the birth of their daughter Parvathy. However, the happiness of the couple from Kodakara in Thrissur district was short-lived as the toddler was diagnosed with a chronic kidney problem. What proved excruciating was the wait for the toddler to gain weight as the transplant surgery required her to gain at least 10 kg. However, she stopped gaining weight at 7 kg owing to multiple complications even as she was put on intense nutritional rehabilitation. “This is the first time in the world that a dual live-donor-liver and kidney transplant surgery has been performed on such a small child,” the hospital said in a press release.

Source: The Hindu February 18, 2017 13:42 UTC