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At least the first 10 liver failure patients will undergo the costly liver transplant process free of cost at Parel's KEM Hospital after it inaugurates the state-of-the-art facility on June 2. It will be the first civic-run hospital in the city to do liver transplants from live and cadaver donors.

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The hospital has so far received funds of over Rs65 lakh from the Narrottam Sekhsaria Trust in order to carry out liver transplants on poor patients who may fail to pay the already subsidised fee. The trust has offered to fund up to 100 patients gradually.

"We have utilised a part of the funds for training a 30-member team which was sent to Delhi to learn the liver transplant procedures and to buy a few equipment," said Dr Sanjay Oak, dean, KEM Hospital.

A liver transplant in any private institute costs up to Rs25 lakh. KEM Hospital has subsidised the cost to about Rs5 lakh. The amount is essentially for the costly drugs and injections used in the process.

According to liver transplant surgeon Dr Chetan Kantharia from KEM Hospital, they are ready with two state-of-art modular theatres and a fully equipped six-bed intensive care unit with separate cubicles for each patient. "The theatres have been designed on the lines of hospitals in western countries," said Kantharia. The ward will boast a class-I laminar air flow which ensures high quality clean air to avoid infections in the patients. "Such a facility in a NFL jerseys government set-up will be first of its kind."

Dr Sujata Patwardhan, secretary, Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre (ZTCC), said: "The poor should not die just because of lack of funds. This facility will help the poor and middle class to a larger extent."

This year, six liver transplants were carried out in various private hospitals. According to ZTCC, there is a waiting list of 36 patients in the city for liver transplant.

Uddhav Thackeray along with some other politicians and health officials has been invited for the inauguration ceremony.

Jaslok tops list

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Jaslok Hospital at Peddar road has carried out the maximum number of liver transplants in western India

A middle-aged woman suffering from liver cirrhosis锟?became the 26th patient to undergo a liver transplant at the hospital in April

Out of the 26 transplants, 15 were cadaver and 11 were living donor transplants

Amongst the receivers of the organs, eight are minor children

Hurdles galore

There have been cases when though a donor was available,锟?the cost involved in a transplant was unaffordable for poor patients

Sometimes, patients have to wait long to get a cadaver donor. "We still don't get enough cadaver donors. The number has definitely risen in the past few years, but there is still a gap," said Dr Aabha Nagral, liver specialist, Jaslok and Fortis Hospital

"Even after the transplant, the patient has to stay lifelong on expensive drugs so that the organ is not rejected by the body. There has to be a mechanism by which the patients can afford these drugs too," added Nagral

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