First Successful Combined Liver And Kidney Transplant (LIVE DONOR) In India During Pandemic
Delhi to Chennai, a journey from Despair to Hope Chennai, October 21st, 2020: Gleneagles Global Health City (GGHC), a leading multi-organ transplant centre in Asia successfully performed India’s first liver and kidney transplant during the Covid-19 pandemic with help from two live donors. 35-year-old Mr. Mittal was airlifted to GGHC from Delhi with a medical history of a renal failure & chronic liver problem (fatty liver) which necessitated an urgent need for kidney & liver transplant. During his treatment at a hospital facility in New Delhi, the doctors decided to defer the transplant surgeryl due to patient’s health condition as he was also suffering from cardiac shock and low BP. However, the family was apprehensive and contacted GGHC’s liver transplant team for a second opinion and decided to get medical treatment at GGHC, Chennai. The entire transit process from Delhi to Chennai was seamlessly co-ordinated as it was highly challenging since the patient had multi...