PANAJI
In good news for Goans having liver failure, Goa Medical College will commence liver transplant operations at the hospital from next year.
Disclosing this, GMC dean Dr Shivanand Bandekar said “from next year, GMC will start conducting operations for liver transplant”. He also said GMC has started a Gastroenterology Department which will be headed by Dr Amit Maydeo.
Bandekar was briefing the media about the organ donation of 19-year-old brain dead youth from Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. He said that the father of the boy will be felicitated for his noble deed.
Speaking further, Dr Bandekar said as of now GMC has only facilities for kidney transplant. “In all 42 patients are on the wait list in Goa for receiving kidneys. GMC has skin bank and process for setting up eye bank is in process”, he said.
The Dean also urged people to know about organ donation programmes which can save several lives.
Stating that new tender for supply of medicines to GMC has been approved, he assured that patients requiring medicines for several months will be given the same in one go.
He said that for a brief period, medicines were given for only one month at a time as the contract with the supplier had expired.
