Apollo Hospital, has opened an Institute for Liver & Pancreatic Diseases and Solid Organ Transplantation. Apollo has set up this dedicated institute to manage all types of liver and pancreatic diseases. In India, liver diseases are among the top ten killer diseases causing lakhs of deaths every year. Chronic liver problems need recurrent hospitalisation and prolonged medical attention.

The dedicated division is headed by Dr Suresh Singhvi, senior consultant surgeon & director, Apollo Institute of Liver & Pancreatic Diseases & Solid Organ Transplantation.  Dr Rakesh Rai is the senior consultant surgeon in the same Institute.

Experts from different fields of medicine and experience in managing liver, biliary and pancreatic disease have come together to provide excellent care for the patients with these disorders. In an effort to improve quality of life, this institute has country’s best doctors providing specialised care for patients with Hepato (Liver), Pancreato (Pancreas) and Biliary (HPB) disease.

The services offered by this institute include HPB out-patient and in- patient care. The state- of-the-art will have intensive care facility for liver failure patients. The treatments range from management of jaundice to performing liver transplantation.

According to Dr Umapathy Panayala, COO, Apollo Hospitals Bangalore, in our pursuit to offer superior healthcare we have experts from different field of medicine and experience in managing liver, biliary and pancreatic disease.

The Apollo Hospitals Group has over 8,500 beds across 50 hospitals, more than 1200 pharmacies and 100 diagnostic clinics, medical business process outsourcing services, health insurance services, and clinical research divisions with a focus on epidemiological studies, stem cell research and genetic research. To develop talent for the burgeoning need of superior healthcare delivery, the Apollo Hospitals Group has 11 nursing and hospital management colleges. The Group has been recognized by the Joint Commission International where seven of its hospitals are JCI accredited. The Bangalore facility is a 250 bedded facility spread over an area of 212,000 sq ft.