Pune: Sahyadri Hospitals achieved yet another milestone by conducting its 200th liver transplant at its Deccan Unit.
The 200th liver transplant was conducted at Sahyadri Super Speciality Hospital Deccan on a 32-year-old male from Chakan who was suffering from end stage liver cirrhosis.
A 27 year old labourer from Beed who had suffered a severe head injury following a road accident was declared brain dead on 17th January 2021. His family agreed to donate two kidneys and liver.
The kidney transplant was also conducted at Sahyadri Super Speciality Hospital Deccan on a 46 year old male from Pune suffering from chronic kidney disease. The other kidney was allocated to another hospital.
The transplant team consisted of Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgeons Dr Bipin Vibhute, Dr Dinesh Zirpe, Dr Aniruddha Bhosale, Hepatologist Dr Sheetal Mahajani, Paediatric Hepatologist Dr Snehawardhan Pandey, Clinical Associate Dr Abhijeet Mane; Transplant Anaesthetist, Dr. Manish Phatak and Dr Kiran Thate, Nephrologist Dr. Atul Sajgure, Urologist Dr.Ketan Pai, General Surgeon Dr. Sanjay Kolte, Vascular Surgeon Dr Adwait Kothurkar,Anaesthetist Dr Vikas Karne and Dr Vandana Ghude, Coordinators Arun Ashokan , Aman Bele, Chetan Chaudhary, Rahul Tambe and Medical Social Worker Sharmila Padhye.
Padhye counselled the 21 year old wife of the labourer Despite all odds , the brave wife gave consent for organ transplantation on 17th January 2021, in Sahyadri Hospital.
Dr. Bipin Vibhute, Hepatobilliary and Liver Transplant Surgeon Sahyadri Hospitals, said, “We are proud to have serviced so many patients with 91% success rates in such a small period.
Transplant surgeon Dr Dinesh Zirpe said that “This is an extremely proud moment for us as we celebrate many lives with liver transplants in span of just 5 years. We are happy that we not only achieved this milestone, but we have been able to transform the lives.”
Transplant Anaesthetist , Dr. Manish Phatak said , We have made liver transplant service available not only in Pune but also in Nashik and Aurangabad, and have extended Liver OPDs at tier 2 & 3 cities like Satara, Karad, Kolhapur, Sangli, Baramati, Ahmednagar and Indapur. At Deccan unit a dedicated Liver ICU consists of 5 beds with an expert team exclusively for liver transplants, a dedicated rehab team to ensure quicker and better post-surgery recovery for the liver transplant patient, which will help us cut down the extra expense post-surgery.”
Dr. Ketan Apte Unit Head Sahyadri Hospitals said, “I want to congratulate the team of doctors who not only did the transplants successfully but focused on fast track recovery and discharge of the patient. Availability of well-trained medical team under the leadership of Dr. Vibhute, excellent clinical outcomes and affordable price points & availability of service helped us. Almost 150 of these liver transplants have received some amount of financial support with efforts from Sahyadri Hospitals along with various NGOs.
Having achieved this major milestone, our journey forward will be more ambitious as we step up organ donation awareness activities. We salute all those donors and their families who have made this possible with their noble deed. we congratulate our team of doctors, staff members and also ZTCC and Traffic Police who have played a key role in achieving this significant milestone”.