Liver transplant facility at SRM Hospital, a boon to local residents

Chennai: The first deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) has been successfully performed at the state-of-the-art SRM Medical College Hospital, Kattankulathur near Chennai by doctors from Gleneagles Global health city.

The patient, a 46-year-old male from Andhra Pradesh was diagnosed with end-stage liver disease and was under medical management initially but later this failed.

Due to the decompensated liver disease status and failure of medical therapy, doctors at SRM medical college hospital advised the patient and family members the urgent need for liver transplantation.

As the patient did not have matching liver donor from his family he was listed for deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) and was kept on optimal medical management.

The 6-hour-long procedure was performed as part of the collaboration between SRM medical college hospital, Kattankulathur and Gleneagles Global Health City following a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by them.

Gleneagles Global Health City, the largest facility of Gleneagles Global Hospitals, Chennai has inked the MoU to support the liver transplantation program.

Dr. Vivek Vij, Director – Liver Transplant & HPB surgery, Gleneagles Global Health City and his team performed deceased donor liver transplantation. Post-transplant the patient made remarkable recovery and was discharged from the hospital.

Speaking about the partnership with SRM, Dr. Joy Varghese – Director Hepatology & Transplant Hepatology said, "The association will see Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai bring its top-notch emergency services in liver disease and liver transplant expertise to SRM medical college hospital which will benefit the local residents.

We are extremely delighted, as we successfully performed first DDLT at SRM hospital post our association."