Gift of a liver delivered me from death

By Dorairaj Nadason

The writer (in bed) with his living donor Ravi after the liver transplant. Ravi recovered much faster from the operation than the writer. — DORAIRAJ NADASON/The Star

It was on June 27, 2018, that they told me I was going to die.

Well, they didn’t actually tell me ~ I was slipping in and out of consciousness.

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