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Baby Angelina receives life-saving liver transplant
Published:
Sunday, July 29, 2012
PORT OF SPAIN, JULY 21, 2012 – At seven months old, baby Angelina Beepath has had more experience in medical facilities than most people have in a long life time. But her next hospital experience will be one of hope and healing. Angelina was born with Biliary Atresia, a condition that prevents the flow of bile from the liver to the gallbladder causing severe liver damage and, if not treated, loss of life. Knowing Angelina’s only treatment is a liver transplant, an expensive procedure not available in Trinidad and Tobago, Esther and her husband, Denny Beepath, applied to the Children’s Life Fund for assistance.
The Children’s Life Fund Authoritywas pleased to approve baby Angelina’s case, which was also accepted by Dr. Carlos Luque, of the ETHE facility in Argentina. Currently there are no pediatric gastroenterologists in Trinidad and Tobago but local gastroenterologist Dr. Maria Bartholomew recommended the ETHE facility and acted as a liaison between Dr. Luque, the family and the child’s presiding physician, Dr. Lakhan Roop. Dr. Luque’s team has a history of assisting Trinidad and Tobago patients having previously completed four other liver transplants for our citizens in recent years.
Angelina and her mother will spend the next six months in Argentina for the operation and recovery. Accompanying them for three months is Angelina’s aunt, Denise Bajoon, who generously volunteered as Angelina’s donor. A total of 45 children have been assisted since the “beginning” of the Children’s Life Fund in 2010, receiving life saving procedures that could not be provided within Trinidad and Tobago. To learn more about Children’s Life Fund, please visit http://clfa.org.tt
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