Bangalore, June 30th, 2014: BGS
Global Hospitals, Super Specialty Tertiary Care, on the eve of doctor’s
day, organized a press conference on the 1st Successful Combined Dual
Organ (Liver and Kidney) Transplantation procedure in Karnataka.
The dual organ transplantation was performed by
a team multi organ transplant surgeons, Dr. Mathew Jacob, Dr. Sonal
Asthana, Dr. Rajiv Lochan & clinically supported by Dr. Kaiser Raja,
Consultant, Hepatalogist, Dr. Anil Kumar, Consultant, Nephrologist, at
BGS Global Hospitals.
The transplant recipient is a practising
orthopaedic specialist, Dr.Sanjiv Kumar Sinha, a 59 year old who was
suffering from long standing diabetes, which lead to his liver cirrhosis
and kidney failure. He had been on renal dialysis for many months prior
to consultation at our Transplant centre. Whilst awaiting
transplantation he unfortunately fell at home and fractured his hip and
had to undergo total hip replacement surgery.
In April 2014 the family of a brain dead donor who
had unfortunately met with a fatal accident came forward to donate the
organs of their loved one. The organs were allocated by ZCCK (Zonal
coordination committee for Karnataka) to Dr Sinha as they were found to
be a suitable match. He subsequently underwent Combined Dual Organ
(Liver and Kidney) Transplantation and is currently doing well.
Dr. Sanjiv Kumar Sinha, Organ
Transplant recipient said, “I had been on the waiting list for months
battling my life threatening organ failure. First, I would like to thank
the organ donor’s family and then the specialists, who have restored my
hope and given me a new lease of life.”
Dr. Mathew Jacob, Consultant, HPB
& Multi Organ Transplantation Surgeon, BGS Global Hospitals, said,
“It’s a rare condition where both liver and kidney had failed
simultaneously. Luckily, the family of a brain dead patient came forward
to donate the organs. Through an extensive 4 hour surgery, organs were
retrieved carefully for transplantation. In the adjacent operation
theatre, the patient was prepared for transplantation, first his damaged
liver was removed and the donated liver was transplanted. Subsequently,
kidney was also transplanted through a separate incision under the same
anesthesia. It was a 14 hour marathon surgery and now he has recovered
well. ”
Dr. Kaiser Raja, Consultant,
Hepatologist, BGS Global Hospitals, said, “Having combined Liver &
Kidney failure is a very serious condition in which survival is limited
to a few months. Dual organ transplantation is a much more complex
procedure which requires coordination amongst a large number of highly
skilled super specialists"
Dr Rajiv Lochan, Consultant, HPB
& Multi Organ Transplantation Surgeon, BGS Global Hospitals, " Such
highly complex procedures are possible only with state of the art
operating theatre, dedicated transplant ICU and a highly motivated and
dedicated team of specialists. This is a big milestone for advanced
health care delivery in Karnataka.”
Dr. Venkataramanaa N K, Vice
Chairman & Chief Neurosurgeon, BGS Global Hospitals, said, “Doctors
have a greater role to themselves and also to the society. Today’s
disease burden is more than 1% of global GDP. It’s absolutely essential
that doctors take care of their health in order to serve the society
better. Till today, there is no specific healthcare model that serves
the purpose of Doctor’s health. Global Group of hospitals provide
tertiary & quaternary care completely avoiding the need for the
patients to travel abroad for high end therapies. On the occasion of
Doctors day, BGS Global Hospitals is launching a health scheme for the
medical fraternity.”
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