Rabat: Mohammed VI University Hospital Performs First Living-Donor Liver Transplant
Mohammed VI International University Hospital in Rabat says it carried out its first living-donor liver transplant, with a sister as donor.
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Mohammed VI International University Hospital in Rabat has carried out its first liver transplant using an organ from a living donor, the hospital said in a statement on Thursday, November 12. The surgery took place on October 15, 2026.
The recipient was a young woman suffering from acute severe hepatitis. The donor was her sister, a gesture of family solidarity that the hospital said had given the patient a new outlook on life.
Both women came through the procedure well, according to the statement. Each recovered without complications after the operation, and both have since been discharged and returned home.
The hospital described the operation as an important milestone in building up its organ transplantation activity, one that drew on the combined work of its medical, surgical and paramedical teams.
The facility belongs to the Mohammed VI Foundation for Sciences and Health, which says the achievement marks further progress in organ transplantation and in highly specialised medicine in Morocco. The foundation aims to strengthen national capacity to treat complex conditions and to expand access to high-level care for patients.
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