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Singapore has done two successful intestinal transplants under pilot scheme
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(From left) Dr Chiou Fang Kuan, head of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Service for paediatrics at KKH, Associate Professor Jeyaraj Prema Raj, director of the Liver Transplant Programme at SGH, and Associate Professor Koh Ye Xin.
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SINGAPORE – Singapore carried out its first intestinal transplant in April 2022 after several years of preparation.
While the first such transplant in the world was done in the late 1960s, the chances of surviving one year were fairly low in the initial years. But this has since improved significantly.
