Odisha Govt signs MoU with Aster CMI Hospital for paediatric liver transplant
The Aster CMI Hospital will set up a paediatric liver transplant unit at the SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack and those who need liver transplants will be referred to the Bengaluru hospital.;
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has signed a memorandum of understanding with a private hospital to provide paediatric liver transplantation service at a subsidised rate, a move that will help needy families requiring that expensive surgery.
The Bengaluru-based Aster CMI Hospital will set up a paediatric liver transplant unit at the SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack, according to a statement issued by the private medical facility. Doctors from Aster CMI will screen children at the SCBMCH and those who need liver transplants will be referred to the Bengaluru hospital as part of a scheme.
The Odisha government will bear the cost and patients with BPL cards will be eligible for free transplants under this scheme, the statement said.
Every year, more than 2,000 children in India require life-saving liver transplants, but only 10 per of them undergo that surgery, said Sonal Asthana, lead consultant of hepatobiliary and transplant surgery at Aster CMI.
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