The Ministry of Health reported that Uzbekistan successfully performed the first simultaneous liver and kidney transplant in the country on one patient at the National Medical Center. This is evidenced by video footage broadcast by the Sevimli television channel.
The operation was performed on a woman from the Pakhtachinsky district of Samarkand region who suffered from severe liver disease and end-stage chronic kidney failure. According to her daughter, the patient's condition was gradually deteriorating, manifesting as edema and decreased hemoglobin levels. Before the surgery, she had been treated for liver diseases for several years and required regular hemodialysis.
The patient's daughter, Nafisa Kakhhorova, stated that the family tried to raise funds for the treatment independently by selling property and listing their house for sale, but they failed to gather the necessary amount. Relatives received recommendations to undergo the operation abroad, such as in India, but this option involved significant expenses, including transportation costs for the donor and accompanying family members.
After consulting the National Medical Center, doctors determined that the patient had severe kidney failure in addition to serious liver problems. Jasur Sobirov, Deputy Director of the National Medical Center and transplantation specialist, noted that the woman had undergone hemodialysis for four years and had completely lost the ability to urinate independently. Furthermore, she had developed liver cirrhosis after contracting hepatitis C.
In Sobirov's opinion, in such a condition, a transplant of only one organ might have been insufficient. Therefore, the doctors decided to perform a simultaneous operation to transplant both the liver and kidneys. The operation was successful, and Sobirov called it the first successful simultaneous liver and kidney transplant on one patient in the history of Uzbek medicine.
The transplantation specialist emphasized the complexity of the surgical procedure, stating: 'For the first time in Uzbek medicine, one patient has successfully received a kidney and liver transplant.' The patient's daughter added that the family had long awaited the opportunity to undergo this vital operation specifically in Uzbekistan. After the treatment, the relatives expressed gratitude to the doctors at the National Medical Center. This procedure marks a new stage in the development of high-tech medical care and transplantation in Uzbekistan.