Sir Ganga Ram Hospital collaborates with KIMS Hyderabad for lung transplant facility in Delhi

The lungs are involved by a multitude of causes ranging from congenital to systemic diseases, lifestyle related, connective tissue disorders and other acquired ailments. Air pollution has become a major contributor to the damage caused to our lungs. A significant number of these lung diseases are progressive and relentless inspite of major advancements in therapeutics. The result is hundreds of thousands of patients who become dependent on supplemental oxygen for their survival. These patients have significant morbidity and loss of quality of life associated with end stage lung disease.

This is where lung transplant moves in to fill the gap and provide a resolution to a patient or resolve a physician’s dilemma when dealing with failing lungs.

Dr. Ajay Swaroop Chairman, Board of management, Sir Gangaram Hospital reiterated the hospital commitment to continuing accessibility and excellence in patient care, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi is pleased to announce a collaboration with KIMS, Hyderabad to be able to provide comprehensive care to patients with respiratory failure.

The team at KIMS, Hyderabad an Institute of Heart Lung Transplant led by Dr Sandeep Attawar has been performing close to a hundred lung transplants annually contributing to almost 90% of the lung transplants performed in India.

Quoting Dr Attawar” I welcome the opportunity and would like to thank our partners at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital for the opportunity to help spread awareness and collaborate clinically. In the near future we intend to start a full-fledged service in the city to harness the true power of deceased organ donation in the National Capital Region thus serving many more patients with end stage lung disease using lung transplantation and advanced life sustaining therapies (ECMO, Nitric oxide Treatment) as bridge to transplantation.”

Thoracic Organ Transplantation thrives on teamwork and exceptional coordination. This is a function of time and close, long collaboration between individuals with diverse specialization and skill sets. Having experienced teams that have a knowledge based on a collective working experience is crucial to setting up a new thoracic transplant program. Our endeavour is to bring this expertise to the city by collaborating with clinical teams locally. Help build their efficiencies by knowledge and technology transfer. This will eventually serve the community at large in this geography.