NABH Accredited Multepeciality Hospital

Kolkata: We all know that liver cases are fact being recognized as a public health concern in India.liver and chronic liver diseases are increasing progressively as causes of mortality in india with the statistics revealing that around 10 th patients of liver cirrhosis are newly diagnosed every year in our country. According to World Health Organization, liver disease the tenth most common cause of death in India accounting for 18.3% of all cirrhosis deaths globally.The treatment of chronic and acute liver failure is liver transplant as in many cases; it cannot controlled with other treatments.It is also a treatment option for some people with bver cancer in an endeavor to provide comprehensive treatment of liver disease, Rulry General Hospital, Kakata has partnered with Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai to start a specialty Liver Clinic followed by Liver Transplant Programme in Kolkata.

Ruby General Hospital focusing on transplants and have already got the license of Kidney Transplant with an intention to start Bone Marrow and Liver Transplant very soon.We are partnering with Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai as this is a renowned multi organ transplant centre having 20 years experience in liver transplant and clinical excellence. They have got a sizable and comprehensive Liver Transplant Programs, having both allograft and cadaveric transplantations. They have performed more than 3000 liver transplant since its inception with a success rate of 96% for living donor cases. The centre of excellence of Liver Transplant department has performed more than 110 transplants in 2021 despite the severe effect of pandemic. This Includes 40 paediatrics liver transplants last year with 100% success, a rare feat to achieve. The department regularly performs auxiliary liver transplant for acute failure in children. Further dual lobe liver transplant for overweight patients are a common practice.The Press had been addressed by Dr. D. P. Samadder (Director Medical Affairs, Ruby General Hospital), Dr. Joy Varghese (Director, Hepatology and Transplant Hepatology, Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai), Dr. Sujoy Ranjan Deb (Dy. Medical Director, Ruby General Hospital) and Mr. V. Bhaskar Reddy (Head, Corporate Relations, Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai).The chief guest of the event had been Swami Vivek Maharaj of Dakshineswar Ramkrishna Sangha Adyapeath. Swami Vivek Maharaj congratulated the entire team for this endeavour.He also encouraged the Team with his inspirational speech and his divine blessings for this project.A couple of post liver transplant patients of Kolkata, who got their transplant done at Global Gleneagles Health City, Chennai were also present at the inauguration program. They shared their experience of Global Gleneagles Health City, Chennai and congratulated the Ruby General Hospital team for the launch of Specialty Liver Clinic and Liver Transplant Programme in Kolkata.