Lung transplantations shoot up in Telangana
The Hindu
Hyderabad emerging as new hub; procedure costs ₹25 lakh to ₹35 lakh
The COVID-19 pandemic seems to have struck the organ transplantation sector in a unique way with hospitals in Hyderabad reporting a huge spike in lung transplants. From 2013 to 2019 — a period of six years — Telangana had recorded just 21 lung transplantations. However, in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, the numbers clocked in a single year was 20. What’s more, the State has already logged 43 lung transplantations this year (till August 10). What has caused this surge? According to specialist doctors, COVID is to blame and Hyderabad is the new hub for lung transplants. Such is the demand that patients across India were airlifted to the city for the procedure, which was performed at three major corporate hospitals in the city.More Related News