Partial liver graft from mother may save Ieva

A BABY girl who needs a liver transplant if she is to see her first birthday is to get a partial liver graft from her mother next month.

Nine-month-old Ieva Zukaskaute from Rahoon, Co Galway, has already undergone two unsuccessful operations to correct her condition.

She was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a rare disease that affects newborns, when she was six weeks old.