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LIVER TRANSPLANT NEWS

Former cricketer's liver transplant hinged on 17-year-old son. Delhi High Court stepped in

July 03, 2026 6:40 pm

As Uttam Kumar Shaw’s health slipped with every hospital visit, his 17-year-old son became the only possible donor for a liver transplant. But approvals took weeks. The Delhi High Court finally stepped in

Donor, recipient die after liver transplant at Pune hospital: high-level inquiry committee set up, leading liver transplant surgeon to head panel

August 28, 2025 8:00 pm

Post-transplant, Bapu Koamkar passed away while Kamini, who had initially recovered well, developed hypotensive shock and multi-organ dysfunction.

Vadodara gets its first liver transplant and hepatology centre

October 25, 2024 2:24 am

Supported by eminent clinical professionals from Vadodara and Mumbai, the centre performed its first liver transplant earlier this year.

Organ transported by train: Family of brain-dead infant in Surat donates liver to boy at Mumbai hospital

October 01, 2024 12:02 am

The organ was transported by a train from Surat to Mumbai on Sunday. The donor, admitted to SDA Diamond Hospital in Surat, was declared brain-dead on Saturday.

First robotic liver transplant surgery in Pune at DPU Pvt Superspecialty Hospital

July 07, 2023 3:24 am

Rarely done across some centres in Mumbai and other parts of the country, this is for the first time the robotic living donor liver transplant was successfully performed in Pune.

Pune doctors perform first swap liver transplant in city

May 05, 2023 9:15 am

A major challenge in the procedure involving two donors and recipients each was to perform four surgeries simultaneously in as many operating theatres.

Organ donation: Family of 9-year-old, declared brain dead, helps save 6 lives

April 25, 2023 4:27 am

AIIMS officials said this is the fifth paediatric donation (in the 1-6 year age group) amongst 19 donations to have taken place at JPN Apex Trauma Centre since last April.

‘We strive to make liver transplant program available to the common man': Prof T D Yadav of PGI

April 16, 2023 8:01 am

The department conducted the first simultaneous liver and kidney transplant in June 2022, on a 24-year-old male from Himachal Pradesh.

AIIMS Delhi to start live-donor liver transplants soon

March 14, 2023 10:53 pm

A living-donor liver transplant is a surgery in which a portion of the liver from a healthy living person is removed and transplanted to another person whose liver is no longer functioning properly

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