PANAJI
The Goa Medical College and Hospital recently conducted its 21st living organ donor transplant following which both the donor and the recipient have responded well post the surgical procedure.
Health Minister Vishwajit Rane hailed the milestone and described it as one of the features which contributes to “excellence” in Goa’s healthcare services.
“The year 2024 saw GMC conducting its 21st successful living donor transplant, where a father donated to his son and both recovered well. Remarkably the transplant surgery, donor surgery, all pre-operative work-ups including HLA testing and even the expensive immunosuppressive medication were provided free of charge,” Rane said.
The minister also said that the capacity to conduct complex organ transplant procedures are being enhanced and advanced infrastructure such as the Z-Lab was recently established at the GMC.
Meanwhile in a reply furnished to the Lok Sabha on Friday, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Prataprao Jadhav said, Goa had reported 17 organ transplants in the three years between 2021 and 2023.
Jadhav who was replying to a query posed by former Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan of the TMC, said five of these 17 transplants were carried out at the Goa Medical College (government facility) and the remaining were done in private hospitals.
Jadhav also said that costs for transplants mentioned under CGHS are: Rs 25 lakh for lungs transplant and Rs 15 lakhs for heart transplant. Also, a heart and lung transplant (combined) costs Rs 35 lakhs.
Kidney transplants, according to the minister, where the donor and recepient are related costs Rs 2 lakhs and where unrelated including immunosuppressant therapy costs Rs 3 to 3.5 lakh.
