the patients lead a normal healthy and productive life following a liver transplant however the individual outcome depends on patient factors and cannot be generalised patients of liver transplant have to receive life long immunosuppressive medication medicines to prevent rejection of liver patients have to take special care such as hygiene avoiding direct sunlight etc for prevention of infections and skin cancers donor can usually be discharged within 10 days and patients within two to three weeks time donors may resume their normal activity within three to four weeks and resume their jobs within six weeks time and patients within four to six months no special precautions are needed for donors after about four to six weeks and they lead a normal life thereafter every year around 5000060000 patients require liver transplant in india however due to lack of awareness about the available facilities the condition of the donor lack of infrastructure lack of expertise and the high cost of the surgery the mortality rate among cases of liver disease is still high only about 2000 patients undergo transplants annually nowby dr vivek vij director liver transplant gi surgery fortis hospital noidathis is a sponsored article