Archive · 29 Jul 2025
SGPGI Lucknow to Launch Heart Transplants: Uttar Pradesh First
Imagine your heart is like a car engine, and sometimes it needs to be replaced.
The Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) in Lucknow is starting to do heart transplants, like replacing a broken engine with a new one!
It will be the first of its kind in Uttar Pradesh.
They've practiced a lot to make sure it goes well.
The surgery costs about ₹5 lakh, much less than other hospitals.
There are already people waiting for new hearts.
Doctors are hoping to get hearts from people who have sadly passed away.
They're also planning to do more heart surgeries and build a special center for children with heart problems, with money from a special fund.
This is a big step in helping people with heart problems.
SGPGI Lucknow is preparing to launch heart transplant surgeries, a first for Uttar Pradesh.
The estimated cost is ₹5 lakh, significantly less than private hospitals' ₹1 crore.
Three patients in Uttar Pradesh await heart transplants; delay due to donor availability.
The CVTS department is conducting weekly dry runs for successful transplants.
The department aims to increase annual surgeries and establish a congenital heart disease center.
- Who
- Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI), specifically the CVTS Department and Professor S.K. Agarwal.
- What
- SGPGI Lucknow is launching heart transplant surgeries.
- When
- Preparations are underway, with weekly dry runs being conducted.
- Where
- SGPGI in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- To provide life-saving heart transplants and expand cardiac care services.
- Hospital
- SGPGI, Lucknow
- Procedure
- Heart Transplant
- Location
- Uttar Pradesh
- Estimated Cost
- ₹5 lakh
- Surgeon
- Professor S.K. Agarwal
- Patients Awaiting
- Three
- Donor Source
- Cadaveric (brain-dead) donors