HC lens on suspension of liver transplant surgeries at SCB
A division bench comprising Justice S K Sahoo and Justice V Narasingh, in an order issued on July 18, noted the report published in a vernacular daily and directed SCB authorities to explain the current status of the liver transplant unit.
Superintendent of SCB, Dr Goutam Satapathy, who appeared via a video link during the hearing, informed the court that no patient requiring a liver transplant had been denied treatment due to the expiry of the MoU with the private institute, which ended on April 1 this year.
He added that talks are underway to finalise a new MoU with another private healthcare establishment in Chennai.
Taking note of the urgency, the court has posted the matter for further hearing on July 31.
The state govt had signed the MoU with the Hyderabad-based private institute in 2022 to operationalise an adult liver transplant unit at SCB. The facility was officially launched in 2023, with the govt sanctioning Rs 22 crore for infrastructure and logistics.
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Two liver transplants have been conducted under the programme so far — the first on April 3, 2024, and the second on Sept 9, 2024.
The liver transplant initiative was designed to provide the high-cost procedure free of charge to eligible patients. In private hospitals outside the state, the surgery reportedly costs up to Rs 40 lakh. However, with no transplants conducted since Sept last year, uncertainty now looms over the programme due to the lapse of the partnership and the lack of fully trained in-house transplant specialists at SCB.
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