Kauvery Hospital Ties Up With Aster Medcity For Heart, Lung Transplants

Kauvery Hospital Chennai, a unit of Kauvery Group of Hospitals, one of a multispecialty healthcare chain in Tamil Nadu, ties up with Aster Medcity Kochi to improve heart and lung transplants in South India.

Through this association with Kauvery Hospital, the organisation shall have access to an expert clinical team from Kauvery Hospital to perform heart and lung transplants at their state-of-art facility in Kochi.

Dr Aravindan Selvaraj, Co-founder and Executive Director, Kauvery Hospital Chennai said, “Organ transplants have been gaining momentum gradually in India, yet geart and lung transplants are still lagging behind. Some of the challenges are the non-willingness by families of the deceased to volunteer for organ donation, non-availability of highly qualified team of surgeons in some hospitals and most importantly the lack of infrastructure to perform the high complex procedure."

"The clinical team for heart and lung transplant at Kauvery Hospital, Chennai, includes highly qualified surgeons and supporting physicians who are exceptionally skilled and trained as per international standards. We are also equipped with the latest advancements in performing heart and lung transplant. The team also provides a 360 degree care to transplant recipient right from pre-operative care to post-operative care and rehabilitation,” he said.

Farhaan Yasin, Regional Director, Aster Hospitals Kerala and Tamil Nadu from Aster Medcity said, “Organ donation is still at nascent stage in Kerala, and this is due to the lack of awareness among the population on organ donations. Full organ donation can save upto 8 lives and we have been spreading this awareness and bust the myths revolving around organ donation. At Aster, we have the state of the art infrastructure and we are equipped with latest technological advancements. This, combined with the high end expertise from Kauvery Hospital Chennai, we believe this tie up will benefit more patients awaiting heart and lung transplants, which will inturn save lives.”