In an extreme act of generosity, Canada based Kevin Gosling donated a part of his liver to a 5-year old comatose child to help him recover from an incurable liver disease //. He further stated that he had no regrets about donating his organ to a complete stranger or about putting his own life at risk, adding that he would do it again, if necessary.

The impact a kidney donation had on one of his family friends is said to have been instrumental in shaping the decision of this 46-year old man. The enthusiastic donor was seen wearing a bright green ribbon, expressing his desire for organ donation, at a press meet.

'You find out about the waiting list and it being very long and there's a lot of people who don't make it. So I started thinking what if I add my liver to that pool? Everyone on that list moves up a notch,' he said.

The child had an intrinsic enzyme deficiency that placed him with the constant risk of permanent brain damage, coma and eventually death. 'Imagine if your child had to take a special formula and medications every six hours -- in fact about 40 pills a day and had to be on a severely restricted low-protein diet. Where do you turn to for hope? Hope for us came in the form of an angel-donor named Kevin', said a letter from the recipient's family.

The potential donor had to face 12 hours of extensive interrogation by psychiatrists and doctors before they concluded his humanitarian motive. The much-awaited green signal was then given to the six-hour transplant surgery that carried a 0.5 percent risk of death.

The liver is the only internal organ in the human body that has excellent regenerative capacity. It is the only organ in which a segment can be removed for transplantation into another human body; enabling both the donor and recipient survive.

Following the surgery, Gosling who deserves the credit of being the first Canadian to donate a part of his liver to an unknown recipient,
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