KLE Society hospital clocks a dozen liver transplants in a year

KLE Society’s Prabhakar Kore Hospital in Belagavi successfully conducts 12 liver transplants in a year, saving lives through organ donation.

Doctors at KLE Society’s Prabhakar Kore Hospital have successfully conducted 12 liver transplants in a year.

Of these, half of the recipients were from Belagavi district and the rest from far off places like Bengaluru, Kalaburagi, Hubballi, Haveri and Hassan.

These many transplants were possible due to the widespread awareness of organ donation in the population of North Karnataka.

Six of these livers were donated by the families of brain dead patients at the hospital, while the rest were received from donors in SDM Hospital Dharwad, KIMS Hospital and Suchirayu Hospital Hubballi.

The last liver donation was received from Mukund Rata from Vadgaon in Belagavi.

His family members volunteered to donate the organ after he was declared brain dead at KLE’s Prabhakar Kore Hospital.

“All this was possible due to the increasing awareness of organ donation in our society with families willingly coming forward to donate organs of their loved ones to save precious lives. There is already more than 30 liver transplant recipients on the waiting list who badly need a liver to sustain their lives,” said a release.