Kathmandu, February 21
One of the biggest hospitals of the country, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, is all set to launch a liver transplant service, for the first time in the country.
If all preparations made so far are anything to go by, the service will be launched within next two months, says senior surgeon Dr Ramesh Singh Bhandari, who has been leading the preparations.
A team involving expert surgeons, anaesthetists, hematologists, radiologists and pathologists has been set up at the Hospital to launch the project. Likewise, an Australian team is also ready to extend needful support, according to him.
Bhandari informs that his team is preparing to kickstart the service for last three years and three to four patients a month or 40 to 50 patients a year will benefit from the service.
There is no official data about how many patients will transplant liver in Nepal every year. But, it is estimated that around 50 patients visit Indian health facilities for the purpose. Bhandari says his team will stop them here.
He claims that the TU Teaching Hospital was recognised as one of the star medical institutions of South Asia till some years ago and his mission will not revive the stardom.
“The Teaching Hospital is an ideal place for the transplant service as it has multi-specialty services with capable and experiences human resources.”
