Liver transplant cost in India - Dr Aswin Liver Expert

Certain center in India does liver transplant surgery free of cost.  Generally, Liver transplant cost in India varies from 16 lakhs to 50 lakhs in India. The huge cost of liver transplantation compared to kidney transplantation is because of the need for expensive amenities and highly trained experienced doctors to handle the complicated procedures. 

Most of the centers do liver transplantation as a package that covers the transplantation workup of the patient and the donor, the entire operation, and ICU stay post-transplantation and some centers even cover all the expenses medications, and investigation one year post-transplantation. 

Apollo Hospital Chennai offers liver transplantation at a very affordable cost. The liver transplantation program is offered free of cost to the patients under the chief minister’s health insurance scheme for the people who are not affordable as a social commitment to the people of Tamil Nadu. Patients from other states are offered liver transplantation at a very affordable cost to make Liver transplantation easily accessible to all communities.

The transplantation program led by Dr. Ellan Kumaran, Dr. Aswin S Krishna, and Dr Murugan attained a  very high success rate of 95 to 99 % and has become one of the leading transplant programs in India. The main objective of the transplant team is to offer transplantation to patients who need liver transplantation even after Trying medical treatment To the maximum possible extent.

The transplantation program in Apollo Chennai has an advantage over the other hospitals. It is one of the centers in India that has the least waiting for cadaveric donors. The average waiting. Getting an organ in Apollo Hospital Chennai is three to six months while most of the centers in India have a huge waiting extending from 9 months to 5 years. The advantage of organ availability is due to the huge organ donation program in Apollo Hospital and the increase in the number of Apollo branches doing liver transplantation.