According to a release, the liver of a brain-dead pregnant woman from Gadwal district of Telangana was transplanted to the receiver.
According to a release, the liver of a brain-dead pregnant woman from Gadwal district of Telangana was transplanted to the receiver.
Doctors at NRI General Hospital in Guntur district have successfully performed liver transplant of a farmer from Mowa in Krishna district. The surgery is said to be the first of its kind by any teaching hospital in the state.
According to a release, the liver of a brain-dead pregnant woman from Gadwal district of Telangana was transplanted to the receiver. He was admitted to KIMS Hospital in Kurnool.
A team of doctors led by Dr. Srikanth took out the woman’s liver and shifted her to NRI Hospital on Sunday through a green channel arranged by the police from Kurnool to Mangalagiri. Doctors said the ambulance covered a distance of 370 km in six hours.
Dr. Srikkanth said that the cost of liver transplant in private hospitals was around Rs 40 lakh but with the support of the hospital management and the state government, the surgery was made affordable.
He also said that from collecting the liver to safely transplanting the patient, three surgical procedures were performed in 20 hours.