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Friday, July 6, 2012

Liver Transplant in India – The Medanta Story


India no doubt has earned the reputation among medical tourists. There are many hospitals India that are known for medical tourism like Fortis, Wockhardt Hospital, Apollo Hospital, Hiranandani Hospital,Artemis Health Science, Rotunda Surrogacy Clinic, Medanta Medicity . Every year hundreds of medical tourists visit these hospitals for medical treatment.


 However sometimes treatment can go fatal.  One such event regarding treatment at Medanta Medicity, Gurgoan is being shown as breaking news in the media.  What happened at Medanta hospital is something strange and unbelievable. According to the media one Liver transplant donor died after.  Rohit Chadda underwent operation as he was liver donor for his brother in law. It’s still not clear that is was medical negligence that caused death of the liver donor Rohit Chadda or was there some other reason behind his death during the operation.


Gurgaon police has registered against the hospital for culpable homicide. Though no arrest has been made till dat but six doctors are booked for negligence. It’s being claimed by the family of Rohit Chadda that according to reports Rohit wasn’t fir for liver transplant and despite being aware of the situation doctors cut as much as 69 percent of his liver for donation to his brother in law.


So for all the medical tourists of local people who need liver transplant in India are recommended to check the success rate for liver transplant in the hospital they are considering. And one must also learn about the complexities and danger involved in the liver transplant operation.


What is liver transplant all about?


Liver transplant may be required in certain medical conditions like:

  • Liver dysfunction
  • Liver cancer or benign liver tumors
  • Some other liver disease
  • Liver injury
  • Long time hepatitis C or hepatitis C virus  infection
  • Liver damaged due to alcohol consumption over time
  • Hereditary liver diseases

In liver transplant surgery the diseased liver is removed from the body of the patient and it’s replaced with a healthy liver from a donor. In most the cases the donor is from the family/blood relation of the patient.  Though liver transplant is common nowadays but it’s a major operation and both donor and recipient must be fit for the operation.  Recipient may need medication regularly after the operation.

There are certain risks involved in liver transplant like liver rejection. You can learn more about the surgery at http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/livertransplant_ez/


Hope you find this post informative. More interesting posts t o follow soon.

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