Meet the first UK transplant patient who will not need life-long drugs

Meet the first UK transplant patient who will not need life-long drugs

Aditi Shankar, an eight-year-old girl has become the first person in the UK to have a transplant – and not need to take immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of her life. This UK-first procedure means Aditi’s body accepts her new kidney as its own, following pioneering work by doctors at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital – as Sky’s Sadiya Chowdhury reports. Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/girl-8-becomes-first-uk-transplant-patient-not-to-need-life-long-drugs-12966787 #aditishankar #organtransplant #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales

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