In a bid to counter the inadequacy of liver transplant services in Western India, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute in Mumbai is setting up a comprehensive Centre for Liver Transplant with a team of specialists in various fields such as transplant surgery, haepatology, anesthesiology and intensivists.
With an estimated requirement of around 4,000-5,000 in Mumbai, only 43 kidneys and 18 livers were recovered from brain dead donors in 2012. Moreover, patients from Mumbai have to travel to other parts of the country for getting a liver transplant done. There was a dire need to overcome such shortages in western India. This centre is expected to alleviate the problem to a certain extent.
EH News Bureau
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