Command Hospital, Chandimandir Carries Out Successful Liver Transplant
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Ministry of Defence
15-July-2015 18:30 IST
On receipt of the news of availability of the organ, the Liver Harvest Team at Command Hospital reached PGIMER, Chandigarh and secured the vital organ with great professional dexterity. Meanwhile, the Command Hospital Adminstration, coordinated with the Air Force for transportation of the organ to Delhi. The receipient beneficiary is the father of a serving army officer, he said adding that his condition is stable now. This was one of the rare cases of Inter-Hospital coordination between the Army and Civil Hospital for organ transplant, with the patient’s liver being flown to Delhi in the shortest possible time.
It may be recalled that Command Hospital, Western Command, Chandimandir is the only Command Hospital except Army Hospital (R&R), Delhi, which was given the recognition to conduct liver retrieval by the Govt of Haryana in September last year. Since then, the Liver Retrieval Team at the hospital has conducted six liver retrievals and transported them to Army Hospital (R&R) successfully where the life of patients with end stage liver disease have been saved.
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