CLDT plans to make their services available via multidisciplinary ‘Liver Clinics’
Apollo Hospitals has started a Centre for Liver Disease & Transplantation (CLDT) in Bangalore to bring advanced liver care closer to home for the patients in the city. CLDT plans to make their services available via multidisciplinary ‘Liver Clinics’ that are aimed to become a one stop solution for patients with liver and hepatobiliary-pancreatic disorders.
At Apollo Hospitals Bangalore, the services offered will include liver and multivisceral transplantation for all age groups and for the full spectrum of liver ailments. Additionally, patients with various forms of liver, biliary and pancreatic cancers can reportedly avail services related to advanced radiologic and minimally surgical (Laparoscopic Surgery, Radiofrequency Ablations) interventions. Haepatology and interventional gastroenterology services are also offered at CLDT.
“Liver disease is a common and serious problem in our country. Liver transplantation is surgery that is performed to remove a diseased liver in order to replace it with a healthy one. Such surgeries have been done for over 38 years. Several people who have had liver transplants go on to lead perfectly normal lives”, said Dr Anand Khakhar, Senior Consultant, Liver Transplant & Hepatobiliary Surgery, Apollo Hospitals Group
After establishing transplant programmes at Chennai and Hyderabad, these services are now available full time at CLDT in Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore. Apollo Hospitals’ comprehensive liver transplant care programme aims to provide effective healthcare by connecting to people dealing with liver disease. The CLDT, Apollo Hospitals, will reportedly be equipped with the state-of-the-art technology for liver surgery and a multidisciplinary team of eminent doctors trained at the best centres in the world.
EH News Bureau