44 girls and 56 boys from Philippines between 4 months and 15 years have undergone a liver transplant at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals
These procedures mark an important milestone in strengthening relations between India and the Philippines
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Delhi has reached the
landmark of performing 100 liver transplants in children from the Philippines.
Aged between 4 months and 15 years, children suffering from various diseases
that had resulted in liver failure necessitating a transplant have received a
liver transplant.
Despite COVID posing several challenges in the last 2 years,
Apollo made sure that children and their families were provided end-to-end
assistance in terms of aligning travel permissions while also ascertaining
patient safety by arranging special charter flights with a medical team on
board to manage any emergencies.
Mr P Shivakumar, Managing Director – Indraprastha Apollo
Hospitals, asserted: “Apollo Hospitals leads the way in delivering
cross-border care for children. Our approach is aligned with Apollo’s
overarching objective of providing prompt delivery of healthcare services,
notwithstanding myriad constraints. This becomes even more important when it
comes to caring for children. We believe there is no greater joy than seeing
the smiles of children who have been saved by our timely medical intervention.”
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| Dr. Sibal with Litro babies Founder Ms. Jenny Sumalpong |
Group Medical Director and Senior Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Apollo Hospitals Group – Dr (Prof) Anupam Sibal, stated: “Apollo Hospitals has been receiving children with liver failure from Philippines for the last five years. Fortunately, we have been able to help many families from different parts of Philippines.
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| Dr. Sibal with some of the post transplant kids |
We would like to thank families for their trust as we
mark the landmark of 100 liver transplants in babies and children from
Philippines. Despite COVID restrictions, we have transplanted 53 children in
the last 2 years. The youngest child to be operated on was 4 months.
Significantly, babies weighing barely 3.5kgs have also had liver transplants at
Apollo Hospitals. Our initiative has been facilitated by the immense support
from the Embassies which helped in easing travel formalities for patients. The
Apollo Liver Transplant Program, the first successful program in India which
was established in 1998 has now performed more than 3950 liver transplants
including 458 in children from 20 countries”.
Senior Liver Transplant Surgeon at the Indraprastha
Apollo Hospital, Dr. Neerav Goyal, said, "In liver transplant,
surgery is performed when patients have a high risk of dying from their disease
in the ensuing weeks to months. Since COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon,
many of these patients were unlikely to survive the period of the pandemic
without liver transplant, and the patients despite several challenges travelled
to us. We are happy that we can help them in easing their pain and provided a
new lease of life. In 65% of children, the donors were mothers, in 30 % fathers
and 5 % other blood relatives.”
About Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals: Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, India’s first JCI accredited hospital, is a joint venture between the Government of Delhi and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited. Commissioned in July 1996, it is the third super-specialty tertiary care hospital set up by the Apollo Hospitals Group. Spread over 15 acres, it houses 57 specialties with more than 300 specialists and more than 700 operational beds, 19 operation theatres, 138 ICU beds, round-the-clock pharmacy, NABL accredited laboratories, 24-hour emergency services and an active air ambulance service. Apollo Hospitals Delhi has the leading programmed in kidney and liver transplant in the country. The first successful pediatrics and adult liver transplants in India were performed at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals. The hospital is at the forefront of medical technology and expertise. It provides a complete range of latest diagnostic, medical and surgical facilities for the care of its patients. The Hospital has introduced the most sophisticated imaging technology to India with the introduction of 64 slice CT and 3 Tesla MRI, Novalis Tx and the integrated PET Suite. Indraprastha Apollo has also pioneered the concept of preventive health check programmed and has created a satisfied customer base over decades. The Hospital has been consistently ranked amongst the best 10 hospitals in India by The Week survey for the past few years.
Hospital website - https://delhi.apollohospitals.com/
Twitter: @HospitalsApollo
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