Doctors at the Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Hyderabad, one of the leading healthcare providers in the country, performed 12 COVID Double Lung transplants & overall 50 Lung & Heart transplant procedures between September 2020 and April 2021.
This is by far the highest number of procedures performed at a single healthcare institute in Asia in the past eight months as far as COVID Double Lung Transplants are concerned.
Commenting on the record performance, Dr. Sandeep Attawar, Program Director and Chair, Thoracic Organ Transplant program, KIMS Hospitals said, “The team has performed 12 double lung transplants for patients with respiratory failures caused due to Covid-19 and 38 heart, double lung & combined heart double lung transplants for patients suffering from advanced cardiorespiratory failure since September 2020.
“With 50 thoracic transplant procedures involving both lungs and heart, KIMS once again established its authority as one of the best healthcare institutions, not just in the country, but across Asia added Dr. B Bhaskar Rao, Managing Director, KIMS Hospitals.
The team at KIMS has done 12 transplants for Covid-19 patients which is one of the largest series in Asia. Each case was challenging and posed a unique set of challenges.