{"id":1455,"date":"2024-12-27T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/27\/father-donates-part-of-liver-to-save-11-month-old-daughter\/"},"modified":"2024-12-27T17:22:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T17:22:00","slug":"father-donates-part-of-liver-to-save-11-month-old-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/27\/father-donates-part-of-liver-to-save-11-month-old-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Father donates part of liver to save 11-month-old daughter\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1257334\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" 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through a collaboration between Greece\u2019s National Transplant Organization (EOM) and a corresponding Italian entity, CNT, based in Rome. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The transplantation, deemed essential as the child was born with severe cirrhosis of the liver, biliary atresia, a childhood liver disease, and dysplasia, is the first liver transplant from a living donor to be carried out in northwestern Italy\u2019s Piedmont region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera described the operation as a \u201cChristmas miracle.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Turin hospital reportedly agreed to take on the 11-month-old girl after Greece\u2019s National Transplant Organization contacted CNT, the Italian transplant organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The child\u2019s 31-year-old father volunteered to donate a portion of his liver after the hospital in Turin faced delays in locating a suitable donor.<\/p>\n<p>The two surgeries \u2013 the removal of a portion of the father\u2019s liver and its 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