78-yr-old from Mumbai is oldest recipient of liver transplant

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78-yr-old from Mumbai is oldest recipient of liver transplant

At the age of 78, it is the beginning of a second innings for N N Mehra.

A resident of Mumbai, Mehra was today declared the oldest recipient of living donor liver transplant who is now leading a normal life.

He underwent a successful liver transplant after his daughter donated a portion of her liver.

"In today''s fast changing world age remains no criteria for getting liver transplant done. We have done successful liver transplants on 240 patients at Medanta in last one year on patients of 3 months of age to 78 years," Dr A Soin, chairman , Institute of Liver Transplant and Regenerative Medicine, Medanta Hospital said.

He said Mehra is the oldest liver transplant recipient in India and has proved that age really has no bearing on the outcome of any surgery if one is medically fit.

"We have more than 70 senior citizens who have undergone successful liver transplant and are leading normal lives. I wish all grandparents best of health and many more years of healthy life," he said.