Somalia patient undergoes living related liver transplant surgery in Hyderabad

Transplant surgeons at Medicover Hospitals, Hitec City on Friday announced successful high-risk Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) on a 43-year-old Somalian male patient suffering from advanced decompensated chronic liver disease.

The patient’s brother came forward and decided to donate a section of his liver for the transplant surgery,



which was carried out on October 18, 2025. The patient, when was admitted to the hospital, was in an extremely bad health condition.

The patient remained unconscious for nearly 12 days prior to transplantation. Liver function tests showed severe deterioration, Dr Kishore Reddy, Lead Liver Transplant Surgeon, Medicover Hospitals, Hitec City, said.