Apollo Hospitals Mumbai: Apollo Hospitals ties-up with Bombay Hospital to boost liver transplants in Mumbai

The collaboration with Bombay Hospital will enhance entry to Apollo’s superior liver transplant program for sufferers throughout the Mumbai Metropolitan Area.

Apollo has already entered into 11 such agreements, the place it’ll present its experience, expertise, coaching, post-operative care and steering on liver transplant.

Apollo additionally introduced that it is going to be increasing the scope of liver transplant programmes in Maharashtra and Gujarat beneath the scientific lead of Darius Mirza, an internationally famend hepato-pancreato-biliary transplant surgeon.

The liver transplant programme of Apollo will likely be administered by way of Navi Mumbai super-specialty quaternary care hospital that on Wednesday has accomplished 53 life-saving paediatric liver transplant surgical procedures.

The hospital has undertaken a complete 170 liver instances as on date of which 34 are cadaver and 12 are worldwide.

Apollo Hospitals supported many under-privelged liver transplant sufferers by way of vital fundraising initiatives by way of tie-ups with financial-aid applications and NGOs.

The landmark was achieved in 5 years giving a brand new lease of life to kids affected by end-stage liver illness. The ages of the transplant recipients ranged from a 4-month toddler to older kids with circumstances that included biliary atresia and congenital liver illness resulting in liver failure.

“Apollo performs 15% of India’s liver transplants yearly and is a pioneer in strong organ transplants. With an expertise over 3 a long time in transplants, which embody 4,051 livers, Apollo has served sufferers from over 50 nations,” stated Preetha Reddy, government vice chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group.

Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai is a JCI accredited 500 beds quaternary care hospital. The Hospital runs a really profitable Transplant program protecting Liver, Kidney & Coronary heart. The transplant program is led by a multi-disciplinary group of certified & skilled clinicians having undertaken vital liver & HPB work.