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Pioneering operation gives Jay the gift of life
A seven-year-old boy is back home and recovering well after undergoing a life-saving five organ transplant operation performed by expert surgeons at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Jay Crouch, from Leicestershire, was given the ‘Gift
of Life’, receiving two new kidneys, a pancreas, liver and bowel during a single 10-hour operation. The youngster has suffered with a condition called
short bowel syndrome since he was six-weeks old, when doctors discovered his small intestine was twisted, causing complications with his kidneys and other vital organs.
‘We’re all absolutely amazed at the incredible progress Jay has made in a relatively short space of time’
It’s V for Victory: Jay celebrates his life-saving treatment Since then, he has undergone continuous treatment
but the additional strain on his body resulted in the failure of his own organs meaning a transplantation was necessary. His complex condition has also meant he has never
been able to eat and digest food, instead having to be fed intravenously, otherwise known as parenteral feeding. The pioneering operation was the first of its kind
performed at the Children’s Hospital in around two decades and the first on record involving five organs in
one operation, requiring a team of 12 which included anaesthetists, two surgeons, five nurses, three junior doctors and many more involved in his wider care. Jay is recovering well and has returned to his home
in Market Harborough. Katie Freestone, 28, Jay’s mum and full-time carer,
said: “We’re all absolutely amazed at the incredible progress Jay has made in a relatively short space of time. Being able to go home is fantastic as it means we can finally get back to our own routine.”
City could lead the way for healthcare
Birmingham could play a big part in transforming the future delivery of healthcare through mobile technology and artificial intelligence (AI). That’s the view of Sir Bruce
Keogh, chair of Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, who addressed business leaders at a Chamber patrons’ lunch. Sir Bruce, who a former cardiac
surgeon who served as NHS England’s national medical director for ten years, was speaking at a lunch hosted by Birmingham’s Park Regis hotel. In a discussion about the role of
technology in healthcare, Sir Bruce said Birmingham is well positioned to set itself a challenge of becoming the “first digitally-enabled healthcare economy in England”. He said: “The future of medicine
lies in technology. Since the Industrial revolution this city has a great history of using technology to transform the way the whole world works. “Birmingham has a big
concentration of SMEs who manufacture digital technology so there are some very big opportunities here.”
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