This was the second time that a transplant was conducted at Sahyadri Hospitals since the lockdown started. The one first was conducted at Nagar Road unit on May 15. (Representational)
Sahyadri Super Speciality Hospital, Deccan, conducted a liver transplant, and simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplant, on Saturday.
The organs came from a 37-year-old auto driver from Pune, who had a blood clot in his brain and was declared brain dead at Sahyadri Hospital. The organs were harvested after his relatives gave their consent.
This was the second time that a transplant was conducted at Sahyadri Hospitals since the lockdown started. The one first was conducted at Nagar Road unit on May 15.
Dr Bipin Vibhute, head of liver and multi-organ transplant department at Sahyadri Hospitals, said the liver was transplanted on a 45-year-old man suffering from chronic liver disease while the simultaneous transplant of kidney and pancreas was conducted on a 52-year-old man with long-term kidney disease .