Gujarat has maximum Kidney transplant in the World
2009-07-03 20:27:37
Gujarat Global News Network, Ahmedabad
Government run Kidney Hospital has one kidney transplant a day which makes it number one hospital in the world. Making this claim, Gujarat Health Minister Jay Narayan Vyas said that Gujarat had 118 cadaver transplants which was also a world record.
Replying to a question in the State Assembly, Vyas said that in the last two years there were 980 cases of kidney transplant in the state of which 767 were in Ahmedabad alone. He said that efforts were being made to declare the Kidney hospital in Ahmedabad a centre for excellence.
There are seven hospitals in Gujarat with the facility of kidney transplant. Of these five are in Ahmedabad, one in Nadiad and one in Vadodara.
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