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Hamza awaits second innings with Sachin
The seven-year-old can barely conceal his excitement about the forthcoming Indo-Pak cricket series.
Said Hamza's father, Mohammed Akhtar: "When he met Sachin a day before his surgery last month, Hamza elicited a promise from Sachin that he would meet him whenever he visited Lahore.
Now, he's over the moon about the fact that he'll get to see three of his most favourite cricketers ��� Inzi, Afridi and Sachin."
However, he won't be the only one going home. Accompanying him will be 'Stuart Little'. One-and-a-half-year-old Usman was nicknamed so by the Apollo staff, owing to his tiny size.
Both Hamza and Usman suffer from Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis or PFIC Type III. Apart from both the children and their families, two doctors from Apollo will also be travelling to Lahore, in order to hand over the two patients to the doctors concerned in Pakistan.
Said Mohammed Akhtar, Hamza's father: "We are very keen that our families in Pakistan meet the doctors who've helped us through this entire ordeal ��� Dr Sibal and Dr Rajshekharan ��� who was looking after Hamza's case."
According to Dr Anupam Sibal, director medical services at Apollo and one of the doctors travelling to Lahore: "Our visit will serve two purposes.
One, we can personally hand over Hamza to the doctors concerned in Lahore, so that they can follow-up on this sensitive case properly. Secondly, we'll also be assessing several other Pakistani children suffering from the same ailment as Hamza."
Hamza, meanwhile, has been preparing for his second encounter with Sachin. Sitting in the intensive care unit of the multiple organ transplant unit, he even made a poster saying 'See you in Lahore, Sachin'.
Looking at his cricket-fanatic son, Mohammed Akhtar is all praises for the governments on both sides of the border. "Peace endeavours from both the countries have benefited us.
I'm indebted to the governments of India and Pakistan to have made my son's recovery possible." Agreed Dr Sibal: "In a span of just three months, doctors at Apollo have performed three liver transplants including Hamza and Usman's.
Friendly relations between the two countries will enable several other children avail of our expertise and lead a healthier life."
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