Archive · 23 Aug 2025
Pune Couple Dies After Transplant, Family Alleges Negligence
A couple in Pune, India, both died after a liver transplant.
Bapu Komkar needed a liver and his wife Kamini donated hers.
The surgery was on August 15.
Bapu died two days later from a heart issue.
Kamini developed a complication and died on August 21.
The family wants answers from the hospital and suspects they made a mistake.
The hospital says they followed all the rules.
Bapu Komkar died on August 17 after a liver transplant.
His wife, Kamini Komkar, who donated her liver, died on August 21.
The transplant was performed at Sahyadri Hospital in Pune on August 15.
The family is seeking answers and has alleged medical negligence.
Sahyadri Hospital stated standard medical protocols were followed.
- Who
- Bapu and Kamini Komkar, along with medical staff.
- What
- A couple died after a liver transplant.
- When
- The transplant occurred on August 15, with deaths following shortly after on August 17 and 21.
- Where
- Sahyadri Hospital in Pune, India.
- Why
- Bapu needed a liver transplant due to liver complications.
Family's Perspective
Hospital's Perspective
Medical Negligence
Family's Perspective
The family suspects medical negligence and seeks answers.
Hospital's Perspective
The hospital asserts that they followed standard medical protocols.
- Hospital
- Sahyadri Hospital
- Patients
- Bapu and Kamini Komkar
- Procedure
- Liver Transplant
- Recipient's Cause of Death
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Donor's Cause of Death
- Hypotensive Shock & Multi-organ Dysfunction
- Family's Claim
- Medical Negligence
- Family Member
- Balraj Wadekar
