Facility for organ transplant institute to become operational in three months in Kozhikode

A temporary facility for the Kerala Organ Transplantation Institute will be operational within three months at the Kozhikode government Medical College Hospital.

The facility includes two operations theaters, 10 YBU beds and 20 ward beds. Approximately 15 to 20 feet are expected on the OP per day. Dialysis unit, laboratory facilities and other facilities will be shared from Medical College Hospital.

Main Institute, Dermatology State Hospital, Chevayur campus will emerge. Earlier this year, an administrative sanction was given to establish 643.88 crore at the earlier this year. For the temporary facility, which will include the purchase of equipment and civilian affairs, some ₹ 14.40 crore sanctions have been applied.

The institute is expected to significantly reduce the cost of transplant operations. “The idea is to establish a special center for all kinds of transplantation. Patients can spend transplant operations in only one third of the cost collected by the private sector in general. The following will be free for those in the poverty line (BPL).

After the institute is established, all transfers will be possible under a single umbrella. The targeted target after the institute has been operational for five years is to make 600 kidney transplantation and 360 liver transplantation per year. Authorized, “We want to double it in ten years. We plan to develop a special doctor team for this,” he added.