𝘎𝘌𝘔 𝘏𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 & 𝘚𝘳𝘪 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘯𝘢 𝘏𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 "𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘏𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘱 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵" 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦
Chennai, 18th July 2025: In a groundbreaking achievement for Indian healthcare, GEM Hospital and Sri Ramakrishna Hospital in Coimbatore have collaboratively performed the country's first-ever inter-hospital swap liver transplant , giving a new lease on life to two patients suffering from end-stage liver disease. The complex procedure was a historic medical feat that required meticulous planning right from the stage of patient evaluation, donor-recipient matching, comprehensive pre-operative optimization and unprecedented inter-institutional cooperation. (L to R) Dr. Magnus Jayaraj, Transplant surgeon, GEM Hospital; Dr. Anand vijay, Transplant Surgeon, GEM Hospital; Dr. P. Praveen Raj, Joint Director, GEM Hospital; Sundar, managing Trustee, Sri Ramakrishna Hospital; Dr. S.Alagappan, Medical Director, Sri Ramakrishna Hospital; Dr.R.Jayapal, Liver Transplant Surgeon, Sri Ramakrishna Hospital The patients, a 59-year-old man from Salem admitted in GEM Hospital and a 53-year-old man fro...