At the Apollo Hospital doctors have conducted a liver transplant on a seven- month-old child Sivojit Paul from Kolkata. He was born with a rare disorder, called biliary atresia, in this condition there is no connection between the liver and the intestine to excrete the bile.

Sivojit was brought to the Indraprastha Apollo hospital when he was only six months old. The liver transplant was performed last month by a team of 20 doctors led by Dr Subhash Gupta, senior consultant with the hospital. His father Indrajit Paul, a lawer, donated his liver parts for the surgery. It was a 16-hour long surgery to give a new lease of life to Sivojit Paul. He was the youngest child to undergo such a surgery in India.

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Doctors at the Apollo Hospital have carried out a liver transplant on Sivojit Paul, a seven-month-old child from Kolkata, to treat a rare liver problem known as Biliary Atresia, in which there is no link between the intestine and the liver to excrete the bile. 

Sivojit became the youngest Indian child ever to go through a liver transplant.

The liver transplant was performed in September by a group of 20 doctors chaired by Dr. Subhash Gupta, senior consultant with the hospital.