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Time of India
04-07-2025
- Health
- Time of India
St George's gets nod for liver transplants
Mumbai: State-run St George's Hospital near CSMT, on Thursday, got a licence from health department to perform liver transplants. The hospital will offer liver transplants, considered one of the most complex surgeries, at an affordable cost; while private hospitals charge between Rs 25 lakh and Rs 30 lakh, the state hospital is likely to charge around Rs 5 lakh. "There is a meeting to finalise the costs next week," said St George's Hospital medical superintendent Dr Vinayak Sawardekar. Incidentally, the transplants will be done by a joint team of doctors from the public hospital as well as a team led by Dr Ravi Mohanka from H N Reliance Hospital. The hospital now awaits registration with the various transplant committees. tnn
Time of India
04-07-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Mumbai's St George's Hospital gets licence to perform affordable liver transplants
Mumbai: State-run St George's Hospital near CSMT, on Thursday, received a licence from the health department to perform liver transplants. The hospital will offer liver transplants, considered one of the most complex surgeries, at an affordable cost. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now While private hospitals charge between Rs 25 lakh and Rs 30 lakh, the state hospital is likely to charge around Rs 5 lakh. "There is a meeting to finalise the costs next week," said St George's Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Vinayak Sawardekar. Incidentally, the transplants will be conducted by a joint team of doctors from the public hospital, as well as a team led by Dr Ravi Mohanka from H N Reliance hospital applied for the state licence last year and now awaits registration with the various transplant committees. "As soon as we get the registrations done and receive a cadaver donation, we will be able to start on the transplant programme," Dr Sawardekar added.
