LAHORE: The Guinness World Records management has sought medical record from the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute and Research Centre (PKLI&RC) after its 120-member team of surgeons and other supporting staff submitted ‘a record-breaking achievement’ by performing liver transplant procedures on 10 patients, including a nine-month-old baby, during a record time of 23 hours and 20 minutes.
The PKLI&RC received a response from the Guinness team after it submitted the case online, sharing the visual evidence, Dawn has learnt.
An official of the institute said a team is expected to visit the liver institute in this respect.
“We have achieved a landmark breakthrough in transplantation medicine, demonstrating a novel clinical approach that expands organ utilisation and advances the treatment of rare metabolic diseases,” says PKLI&RC Dean Prof. Faisal Saud Dar here during a press briefing here on Wednesday.
The specialised multi-disciplinary team comprising transplant surgeons, hepatologists, paediatricians, anaesthetists, intensivists, nurses, transplant coordinators and allied healthcare professionals were also present.
Declaring it an unprecedented demonstration of surgical innovation and clinical excellence, Dr Dar said the team successfully performed 10 liver transplants during 23 hours and 20 minutes, including seven Domino Liver Transplants and eight Auxiliary Partial Orthotopic Liver Transplants (APOLT).
A domino liver transplant is a sequential procedure where one patient’s healthy liver is removed and transplanted into a second recipient while APOLT is a complex surgical procedure where a partial donor liver is implanted alongside a portion of the patient’s native liver.
“This innovative transplant strategy enabled nine children and one adult to receive life-saving liver transplants from only three donors, demonstrating how advanced surgical expertise can substantially expand the impact of scarce donor organs”, he said.
He added that all patients have been discharged from the hospital and reunited with their families.
Prof Faisal Saud said the initiative successfully integrated two of the world’s most sophisticated transplant techniques into a highly coordinated clinical programme.
Punjab Finance Minister Mian Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman, who was also present on the occasion, congratulated the entire PKLI&RC team.
PKLI&RC Board of Governors Chairman Prof Saeed Akhtar reaffirmed the institute’s commitment to its vision of providing patients with the most advanced and innovative medical treatments, emphasising that the hospital will continue to utilise its full capabilities to deliver world-class healthcare services.
Since its inception, he said, the institute has successfully performed 1,175 liver transplants, 1,276 kidney transplants and 19 bone marrow transplants, serving patients from across Pakistan and beyond.
Published in Dawn, June 11th, 2026