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Last update - 02:49 23/04/2008 Teen gets intestine thanks to boy killed in play accident By Yuval Azoulay A 16-year-old girl who has lived for the past 12 years with an artificial feeding tube yesterday got a chance at a better future when doctors at Schneider Children's Medical Center transplanted a full cluster of abdominal organs into her body, in a rare operation performed in Israel for the first time. The organs were harvested from the body of Omri Gilor, the 12-year-old boy from Kadima who was buried in a pile of sand while playing last Thursday. He died of his injuries on Saturday night. His parents said he had recently expressed a desire to donate his organs should he die. Advertisement Leading the 14-hour operation was a renowned specialist in the field, Prof. Andreas Tzakis, who lives in Florida but happened to be visiting his native Greece and was summoned to Israel by his friend Prof. Eitan Mor, director of the transplant department at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva. The organ recipient, Liraz, from central Israel, had her intestines removed at age 4 because of an illness. Her condition has required her to be hospitalized frequently over the years. Yesterday she got a new stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver and pancreas. "I hope she will be able to be more independent and return to life," her mother said yesterday. Mor said that Liraz's prognosis is favorable, but warned that her post-operative condition will be complex, and that she will need to take immuno-suppressive drugs to keep her body from rejecting the transplanted organs. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Sex, lies and videotape 3 Kibbutz Ein Gedi residents suspected of filming themselves raping Danish tourists. Big brother is watching An IDF soldier has been jailed for posting sensitive photos on Facebook.

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