Archive · 10 Aug 2026
GITAM Hospital Visakhapatnam Secures Approval for Kidney Transplants
Some people have kidneys that stop working, and they need a new one to stay healthy.
A kidney transplant is an operation where a healthy kidney is put into a sick person's body.
The new kidney can come from a living person, like a family member, or from someone who has passed away and chose to donate their organs.
In Visakhapatnam, a big hospital called GITAM Hospital got special permission to do these operations.
The permission came from Jeevandan, an official organ donation initiative.
The hospital is very big, with 750 beds for patients who stay overnight.
It also has 73 beds for very sick patients in the intensive care unit.
Many different kinds of doctors will work together to help people before, during, and after the transplant.
The hospital built special rooms for surgery, made just for donors and people receiving new kidneys.
GITAM Hospital wants to make kidney transplants easier to get and less expensive for people in the area.
GITAM Hospital at Rushikonda, Visakhapatnam received official approval from the Jeevandan organ donation initiative to perform kidney transplantations.
The hospital is authorised to perform kidney transplants from both living and deceased donors.
The transplant programme operates under a multidisciplinary model covering nephrology, urology, transplant surgery, anaesthesiology, critical care, radiology, and laboratory medicine.
GITAM Hospital is a 750-bed tertiary care teaching hospital with 73 ICU beds and dedicated operating theatres for donors and recipients.
The hospital aims to make world-class kidney transplants more accessible and affordable through competitive tariffs.
- Who
- GITAM Hospital at Rushikonda, Visakhapatnam, led in operations by Karteek, head of GIMSR (Operations)
- What
- Secured official approval from the Jeevandan organ donation initiative to perform kidney transplantations from living and deceased donors
- When
- Not stated in the article
- Where
- GITAM Hospital, Rushikonda, Visakhapatnam
- Why
- To expand access to advanced, life-saving organ transplant care and make kidney transplants more accessible and affordable to the local community
- Hospital
- GITAM Hospital, Rushikonda, Visakhapatnam
- Approval granted by
- Jeevandan organ donation initiative
- Services approved
- Kidney transplantation from living and deceased donors
- Hospital capacity
- 750 beds
- ICU beds
- 73
- Care model
- Multidisciplinary team across nephrology, urology, transplant surgery, anaesthesiology, critical care, radiology, and laboratory medicine
- New facilities
- Dedicated operating theatres for donors and recipients plus a specialised transplant unit
- Pricing goal
- Competitive tariffs to make transplants more accessible and affordable