Reunion of Sri Lankan liver transplant patients who underwent surgery in Indian hospital
View(s):Dr. Gomathy Narasimhan – Senior consultant, Transplant Surgeon (Hepato Pancreato Billiary and Liver Transplant), Global Health City, participated in the re union of Sri Lankan patients who underwent liver transplantations at Global Health City, Chennai over the last four years.
“The reunion stands as a testimony to the fact, that organ transplantation is a safe solution to address liver failure. Global Health City has to date performed liver transplantations on over 20 patients from Sri Lanka, apart from many complex Liver and Pancreatic surgeries,” said Chairman and CEO Forte International, M.F.A. Riyas, sole representative for Global Hospitals in Sri Lanka. The organ transplant programme of Global Health City is amongst the largest in South East Asia and caters to almost 20 countries in SAARC, Middle East and African nations, Mr. Riyas said in a media release.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Narasimhan said “it is wonderful to be able to see patients transplanted from a few years ago to few months ago, both adults and children return to normalcy and enjoying a good quality of life. Children are back at school and adult patients are back to full productivity and taking care of their families. Definitely, they seem a lot more cheerful when seen with their families in their home country as opposed to seeing them as a patient in the hospital”