Apollo Hospital performs 27 kidney transplants

Nellore: Apollo Hospital medical superintendent Dr Sriram Satish and head of nephrology department Dr AK Chakravarthy on Wednesday said that the hospital successfully performed 27 kidney transplants in ninemonths. 

In 2017, Dr AK Chakravarti took over. Since then, the kidney transplants have taken place. Disclosing this to media, they said one and only intervention nephrologist in the state Dr Girish Reddy is with Apollo Hospitals here. If organs of brain dead are donated at least eight lives can be saved, Sriram Satish said.