Five-organ transplant patient first in world to give birth

A woman believed to be the first known five-organ transplant patient to deliver a baby has spoken of her joy.

Five-organ transplant patient first in world to give birth

Fatema Al Ansari, 26, from Qatar, was given a liver, pancreas, stomach and small and large intestine at a hospital in Miami, Florida, in 2007.

Six years later, she gave birth on Feb 26 at the same hospital, Jackson Memorial, with her transplant doctor on a team closely watching.

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