ollywood's
most loved and respected actor, Amitabh Bachchan has made a shocking
revelation. At the launch of a media campaign on Hepatitis, Big B revealed that he has lost 75% of his liver to the deadly Hepatitis virus.
The 'Shehenshah of Bollywood' further added that he is surviving on only 25% of his liver today, reports Indianexpress.com. Talking about how he contracted the disease, the 'Paa' star revealed that he had been injected with almost 60 bottles of blood from close to 200 donors post the 'Coolie' accident and one of them was carrying Hepatitis B virus. However, he also added that he continued working perfectly fine until 2000. It was during a normal routine check-up that he got to know that he was surviving on only 25% of his liver. In the same report, Big B also added that one can survive with even 12% of liver but no one would want to get to that stage.
At the media campaign, Amitabh Bachchan also thanked the doctors and medical professionals in India and insisted on the fact that they are at par with medical professionals abroad. Source
The 'Shehenshah of Bollywood' further added that he is surviving on only 25% of his liver today, reports Indianexpress.com. Talking about how he contracted the disease, the 'Paa' star revealed that he had been injected with almost 60 bottles of blood from close to 200 donors post the 'Coolie' accident and one of them was carrying Hepatitis B virus. However, he also added that he continued working perfectly fine until 2000. It was during a normal routine check-up that he got to know that he was surviving on only 25% of his liver. In the same report, Big B also added that one can survive with even 12% of liver but no one would want to get to that stage.
At the media campaign, Amitabh Bachchan also thanked the doctors and medical professionals in India and insisted on the fact that they are at par with medical professionals abroad. Source
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