Liver Transplant: What is it and when to consider it

Liver Transplant: What is it and when to consider it

Liver Transplant: Find out what it is and who a suitable candidate would be, from Dr Reina Lim, Consultant at the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Singapore General Hospital, and SingHealth Duke-NUS Liver Transplant Centre.

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Ms Lai Yoke Ling with Dr Terence Kee

SGH working to raise awareness of living donor transplants

​In January this year, Ms Lai Yoke Ling's life changed when she became the 1,000th patient at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) to undergo a kidney transplant from a deceased donor, nearly 50 years after the hospital performed the nation's first such procedure back in 1970.

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Transplant patients require long-term care after their transplant in order to keep their new organs healthy. This results in regular visits with their doctors, and life-long medication to prevent their bodies from rejecting the organs. The TRUEfund helps these patients tide over this period of financial difficulty, until they are able to support themselves again. In addition to this, transplant as a treatment option needs continual improvement in order to achieve better outcomes of transplanted patients.Read More 

 

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