A PASTOR who needed both a new heart and a liver urgently is alive today thanks to a historic double organ transplant by surgeons from two Singapore medical institutions.
The New Paper reported on Thursday that the intricate 13-hour operation on April 7 is a first for Singapore and, possibly, South-east Asia.
it was a collaborative effort between surgeons at the National Heart Centre (NHC) and the Singapore General Hospital (SGH).
NHC surgeons did the heart transplant and SGH surgeons carried out the liver transplant.
The recipient, a Singaporean church pastor, who is in his 50s, was recently move from the intensive care unit to a high-dependency ward. It is understood that he is in a stable condition, The New Paper said.
