ITN Vol 10; Issue 31, 2010-2011

Successful liver transplants at Government Stanley Hospital, Chennai

The Government Stanley Hospital was the first government hospital in India to perform a successful liver transplant.

“…The government Stanley Hospital in Chennai celebrated the second anniversary of the hospital's first successful liver transplantation in January 2011. The director of the Institute of Surgical Gastroenterology in Stanley Hospital, Dr. R. Surendran said that 20 liver transplants have been carried out in the past two years. The success rate has been 75% with 15 out of the 20 patients alive and healthy now…”