India emerging as liver transplant hub’

India is emerging as a global hub for liver transplant with expanded medical facilities, an expert said here Friday.

“Around 50-60 percent of live transplant patients are from foreign countries,” said Vivek Vij, director, Liver Transplant Programme in Fortis Hospital here.

“The reason India has emerged as a hub for liver transplant is because of the poor medical facilities in countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Cambodia and other African nations,” he added.

Vij was speaking on the occasion of Fortis Hospital becoming the first hospital in Uttar Pradesh to perform 100 liver transplants.

“Since the inception of the hospital in 2012, Fortis Noida has recorded a 100 percent donor and 97 percent recipient survival rate, surpassing the international standards for safety and establishing the hospital as a coveted centre for liver transplant.”

He said the hospital has also initiated a lot of campaigns and drives to raise awareness about liver-related diseases.

Source: Business Standard


India’s first successful Liver Transplant recipient completes 15 years

UPA chairperson and Congress party president, Sonia Gandhi felicitates India’s first successful Liver Transplant recipient as he completes 15 years post transplantation.

UPA chairperson and Congress party president, Sonia Gandhi felicitates India’s first successful Liver Transplant recipient as he completes 15 years post transplantation.

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Monday felicitated Sanjay Kandasamy, India’s first successful liver transplant recipient, as he completed 15 years post transplantation.

Kandasamy, 16, had undergone the path-breaking procedure as an 18-month-old in 1998 at Apollo Hospital here.

Gandhi interacted with the teenager and his family at her residence here.

“It is a testament not only on India’s medical acumen but also of the tenacity of this young man,” Gandhi was quoted by an official statement issued by the hospital.

Kandasamy, who hails from Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu, was born with a rare condition seen in one one in 12,000 babies.

“Sanjay now leads a completely normal life, goes to school like other kids, enjoys meals, plays football and wants to become a doctor to save lives. Sanjay’s success helped establish liver transplantation in India,” said Anupam Sibal, senior paediatric gastroenterologist in the hospital.

Source: Business Standard