Manila, March 10 -- The Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center (CGHMC) and Shanghai's Renji Hospital conducted a successful liver transplant for a two-year-old boy from Malabon.

Nieco Vince Vasquez received liver from his father, Herdie, through a surgery on Feb. 11, according to a news release from the Chinese Embassy in Manila.

He was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a rare and life-threatening liver disease that occurs among infants when bile ducts are blocked.

He underwent screening and assessment process before being approved for a liver transplant.

Renji Hospital president Qiang Xia led the procedure with a medical team from CGHMC.

"This pioneering partnership between Renji Hospital, affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong Unive...