Liver and kidney transplant OT complex inaugurated in Coimbatore
Dr. Arun Sanyal, Professor of Medicine, Physiology, and Molecular Pathology at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA inaugurated the facility. Lourianne Naximento Cavalcante, MD Hepatologist, Gastroenterologist from Bahia Brazil, was present.
At the function, Dr. V.G. Mohan Prasad, Chairman of the hospital, said India was witnessing a rapid surge in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and metabolic dysfunction-associated liver disease (MAFLD), driven by obesity and type 2 diabetes. Adding fuel to fire was the ever increasing alcoholic liver disease. While Hepatitis B and C prevalence was low in Coimbatore, the neighbouring villages of Annur had one of the highest prevalence in the country, progressing silently to cirrhosis and liver cancer.
The new transplant complex at VGM Hospital is equipped with modular OTs, HEPA-filtered laminar flow, specialised ICU units, and a multidisciplinary transplant team. The facility will offer both living donor and deceased donor liver transplants as well as complex kidney transplants.
Dr. Mithra Prasad, MD, DM (Hepatology) Consultant Transplant Hepatologist, VGM Hospital, Coimbatore, Dr. Madhura Prasad Suman and Dr. Vamsi Murthy, Directors of Endoscopy; Dr. Suman, Orthopedic Surgeon at VGM Hospital, were present.
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