GPHC says has done first paediatric liver resection

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From left to right are Dr Navindranauth Rambaran, Director Medical and Professional Services, GPHC; Mrs Dunn, wife of Professor Steven Dunn; Dr Marisa Seepersaud, Paediatric Surgeon, GPHC; Professor Steven Dunn, Paediatric Surgeon and Head of Solid Organ Transplant at Nemours Children Hospital in Delaware, USA; Dr Colin Abel, Head of Paediatric Surgery and Liver Transplant at Bustamante Hospital for Children in Jamaica; Robbie Rambarran, CEO, GPHC; Dr Shilindra Rajkumar, Head, General Surgery, GPHC. (GPHC photo)
From left to right are Dr Navindranauth Rambaran, Director Medical and Professional Services, GPHC; Mrs Dunn, wife of Professor Steven Dunn; Dr Marisa Seepersaud, Paediatric Surgeon, GPHC; Professor Steven Dunn, Paediatric Surgeon and Head of Solid Organ Transplant at Nemours Children Hospital in Delaware, USA; Dr Colin Abel, Head of Paediatric Surgery and Liver Transplant at Bustamante Hospital for Children in Jamaica; Robbie Rambarran, CEO, GPHC; Dr Shilindra Rajkumar, Head, General Surgery, GPHC. (GPHC photo)

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday said it had successfully completed what it said was the first paediatric liver resection in Guyana.

It said that the surgery on Thursday was performed on an 18-month-old girl from Linden who was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive paediatric liver cancer known as hepatoblastoma.

After the diagnosis of the large, aggressive tumour, a multidisciplinary team led by Guyanese Paediatric Surgeon, Dr. Marisa Seepersaud was formed.