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Bengaluru Emerges as Destination for Complex Transplant Care
Some patients must travel far from home to get very difficult medical treatments.
Bengaluru is becoming a place where people seek complicated organ transplants.
SPARSH Hospitals described recent patients from Kashmir, Ghana and Kerala who travelled there for care.
One man from Kashmir received a liver transplant.
A man from Ghana received a kidney transplant after being on dialysis for more than 18 months.
A girl from Kerala received a liver transplant using an organ from a deceased five-year-old donor.
Another girl from Bengaluru received a heart transplant after developing severe heart failure.
The hospital says its specialists, technology and critical-care teams help it provide these treatments.
SPARSH Hospitals says patients from Kashmir, Ghana and Kerala recently travelled to Bengaluru for complex transplant procedures.
A 49-year-old man from Kashmir received a liver transplant despite complete portal vein thrombosis, according to the hospital.
A 27-year-old man from Ghana, after more than 18 months on dialysis, underwent a kidney transplant and is recovering well.
A 13-year-old girl from Kerala received a liver transplant from a five-year-old deceased donor.
SPARSH says it has performed more than 400 transplants through multidisciplinary teams across its authorised centres.
- Who
- Patients from Kashmir, Ghana, Kerala and Bengaluru, along with transplant teams at SPARSH Hospitals.
- What
- Patients received complex liver, kidney and heart transplants in Bengaluru.
- Where
- SPARSH Hospitals in Bengaluru, India.
- When
- The article describes three recent patient journeys and other recent transplant cases, without giving specific dates.
- Why
- Patients travelled to seek specialised expertise, technology, infrastructure, coordination and continuing transplant care.
Key facts
- Hospital
- SPARSH Hospitals
- Location
- Bengaluru, India
- Transplants reported
- More than 400
- Transplant surgeons
- More than 16
- Procedures offered
- Liver, kidney, lung and heart transplantation
- International patient
- A 27-year-old man from Ghana received a kidney transplant
- Support programme
- The SPARSH Foundation supports financially vulnerable patients needing critical interventions, including transplantation
Quotes
Dr. Sharan Shivaraj Patil
Chairman and Founder of SPARSH Group of Hospitals
“Bengaluru has evolved into a healthcare destination because of the depth of expertise, technology and specialised care available in the city. At SPARSH, transplantation is a clear reflection of our journey towards bringing increasingly complex treatments closer to patients.”
thehansindia.com
Sources
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