Global Hospitals Receives License for Hand Transplantation

Mumbai: City-based Global Hospitals has received a license to perform hand transplantation, a life-changing surgical procedure to transplant one or both hands from a brain-dead patient to one who is in need of a limb.

The hospital opens its doors for potential recipients who are suitable to undergo the transplant.

"We are glad to be fast emerging as the leading transplant centre in Mumbai and Western India. Today we are on the verge of a new era in upper limb transplantation with some of the most innovative procedures and protocols followed in our clinical care. We ensure that with our large team of specialists supported by world-class infrastructure and technologies we are able to deliver exceptional patient care," Global Hospitals CEO Manpreet Sohal said in a statement here.

Nilesh G Satbhai, Consultant Plastic, Aesthetic, Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgeon at Global Hospitals, said, "Hand transplantation is a valuable treatment option for the many patients suffering from complex tissue injuries or defects where conventional reconstruction is not feasible."

Global Hospital is widely experienced in the management of transplant patients, immunosuppression, and treatment of graft rejections.

"We aim to deliver the best service to the society and the country, and maintain the highest ethical standards, through our hand transplant centre," Satbhai said.

Last year, doctors at the Kochi-based Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre (AIMS) successfully conducted India’s first hand transplant. Since then, PGIMER also made a move towards the milestone of hand transplants at the institute. Across the world, around 110 cases of cadaver hand transplants have been registered so far, with less than 3% rejections.

About Hand Transplantation

Hand transplantation is a surgical procedure to transplant a hand from one human to another. The "donor" hand usually comes from a brain-dead donor and is transplanted to a recipient who has lost one or both hands/arms. Most hand transplants to date have been performed on below elbow amputees, although above elbow transplants are gaining popularity. Hand transplants were the first of a new category of transplants where multiple organs are transplanted as a single functional unit, now termed "Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation" or VCA.

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