Global Hospitals Group, the fastest growing tertiary care multi super speciality chain of hospitals in India with the largest multi organ transplantation centre, has achieved the unique distinction of becoming the foremost hospital in the world for performing the widest variety of liver transplantations apart from treating all types of liver diseases. The Group announced that with the most comprehensive liver diseases & transplantation services on offer and with the one of the largest team of Specialists, it is now able to perform nearly 100 liver transplantations during a calendar year and it is expected to reach a number of 250-300 Liver transplants a year in the next 2 years.

The hospital today routinely performs split liver, auxiliary liver, living donor, cadaver liver transplantations. The Group mentioned that with the most advanced facilities, the highest number of dedicated Liver ICU Beds and state of the art liver dialysis facilities, it now has the most comprehensive team of over 150 members comprised of liver surgeons, hepatologists, paediatric hepatologists, liver anaesthetists, liver intensivists, critical care specialists, highly trained paramedical & nursing team and highly experienced and trained technicians.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr K Ravindranath, chairman & managing director, Global Hospitals Group said, “Worldwide statistics indicate, incidence of liver diseases is rising gradually. When diagnosed early some diseases could be treated medically. Liver is an organ with enormous regenerative capacity, but when damaged extensively, recovery is unlikely and the only treatment is transplantation. Especially in a country like India, it is estimated that more than a lakh of patients are in serious need of liver transplantation, while less than few hundred are receiving transplantation. At Global Hospitals, we are totally committed in continuing our dedicated focus in delivering world class treatments for all types of liver diseases. By rapidly expanding our footprint across the country, we are keen to reach out to over a billion population of India with our services. I am also happy to share with you, that with our cutting edge work in liver disease treatment, we are also reaching out with our services to another billion+ population in other continents like Africa & Europe.”

Also speaking on the occasion, world renowned liver transplant surgeon, Prof. Mohamed Rela, said that “Global Hospitals today is the most preferred centre in the world for liver disease treatment and transplantation. The team here has gained significant experience in successfully performing the widest variety of liver transplantations, in both adults and children. The current numbers of transplantations that are being performed in the country are not enough to treat the very high number of cases needing transplantation. We are therefore building our services to enhance our ability to perform at least double/treble the current number. ”

Elaborating further, acclaimed hepatologist, Dr. Dharmesh Kapoor, said that “As a Hospital that is extending the finest services to treat end-stage liver diseases, we are also very concerned with the growing incidence of liver diseases and we sincerely urge people to take necessary steps to prevent the occurrence of liver diseases. Liver is one of the most important organs of the body, and is also called the metabolic work house. It is important to enhance the awareness levels of the people and help them in understanding how with simple measures they can lead a healthy life and have a healthy liver. At Global Hospitals, we are all committed in extending our services towards creating the hope of a healthier life amongst the multitude of liver patients.”