Imphal, Nov. 15 -- Manipur has achieved a major milestone in healthcare with the successful completion of its first-ever liver transplant at the Institute of Liver and Digestive Sciences (ILDS) in Kwakeithel Heinou-khongnembi on October 16, officials announced on Saturday.

Speaking at a press conference at the hospital, ILDS Liver Transplantation Programme Director Dr Nongthombam Suraj Kumar said the institution had realised a long-standing goal by successfully performing the procedure on a 60-year-old man from Kakching.

The patient was suffering from liver cirrhosis complicated by multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma, a form of primary liver cancer.

Dr Suraj said the living-donor transplant involved replacing the patient's diseased liv...