Doctors at the Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Hyderabad, one of the leading healthcare providers in the country, performed 12 Covid Double Lung transplants and overall 50 Lung and Heart transplant procedures between September 2020 and April 2021.

This is by far the highest number of procedures performed at a single healthcare institute in Asia in the past eight months as far as COVID Double Lung Transplants are concerned.

The Heart & Lung Transplant Institute received critical patients from across the country, and some among these required advanced respiratory support _ ECMO _ for respiratory failure caused due to Covid-19 virus. These patients were brought in from States likes Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Delhi in the North; Kerala, Karnataka in the South; Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan in the West; and West Bengal, Odisha in East; along with Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

Dr. Sandeep Attawar, Program Director and Chair, Thoracic Organ Transplant program, KIMS Hospitals said, “The team has performed 12 double lung transplants for patients with respiratory failures caused due to Covid-19 and 38 heart, double lung  and combined heart double lung transplants for patients suffering from advanced cardio respiratory failure since September 2020."

“With 50 thoracic transplant procedures involving both lungs and heart, KIMS once again established its authority as one of the best healthcare institutions, not just in the country, but across Asia. This achievement speaks volumes about the technical superiority and knowledge excellence available at KIMS hospitals.

We are confident, this is just the beginning and KIMS will achieve many more firsts for the country in the times ahead,” added Dr. B Bhaskar Rao, Managing Director, KIMS Hospitals.