SoBo businessman helps KEM restart liver transplants
Hindustan TimesNearly 14 years after its first attempt to transplant a live liver failed following the deaths of both recipient and donor, KEM hospital in Parel last week restarted its services, with a dedicated intensive care unit to tackle after-surgery infections. SoBo businessman helps KEM restart liver transplants The credit for this achievement goes to a Walkeshwar-based businessman, who made a ₹1.25 crore donation that helped the civic-run hospital to buy the necessary equipment to get the six-bed ICU up and running. We now have it too.” In liver transplants, Dr Shukla said, both pre- and post-transplant care is important in which the ICU care for 48-72 hours after the surgery is crucial. We have kept a dedicated nurse for each patient.” KEM hospital, one of the city’s largest public hospitals, started its liver transplant programme in July 2010.
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