Aykai Hospital, Ludhiana to organise symposium-cum -CME on Liver Transplant – Advancing the Art & Science of Liver Transplant

Ludhiana, July 3, 2019: Aykai Hospital, Ludhiana will organise a symposium cum CME on Liver Transplant – Advancing the Art & Science of Liver Transplant at Hotel Park Plaza Ludhiana on 10th July 2019. Eminent speakers of national & international repute and masters in the field of liver sciences and transplantation will share their knowledge in the CME. The faculty includes: Dr. Yogesh Chawla, Ex Director & Head PGIMER , Chairman Liver Sciences Aykai Hospital, Dr. Ajay Duseja,Prof. Hepatology, PGIMER Chandigarh, Dr. Manav Wadhawan ,Director G.E. & Hepatology BLK Super Speciality Hospital Delhi, Dr. Sanjeev Saigal Director Hepatology & Liver Transplant Medanta, Dr. Rajasekhar Perumalla Director Liver Tranplant, Aykai Hospital. Padamshree Dr. Yogesh Chawla, Ex Director & Head Hepatology, PGIMER, Chandigarh will innaugrate the CME . On this day Aykai Hospital, the leader & pioneer in Renal Transplant will launch Liver Tranplantation Pragram which has been inspected and approved by Govt. of Punjab to lend quality services in this field under the able guidance and blessings of Padamshree Dr. Yogesh Chawla, Ex Director & Head Hepatology, PGIMER, Chandigarh. Dr. Chawla can be aptly called as “Father of Hepatology” in this region. He will be providing his expertise and knowledge to the patients of acute and chronic diseases. Dr. Baldev Singh Aulakh, Chairman Aykai Hospital said that it is interesting to note that a normal liver is unique organ which has a huge reserve capacity, meaning that even 25% of the liver can do the work normally done by the whole liver. It also has a capacity to regenerate -- if 75% of the liver was to be removed, the remaining 25% would grow rapidly and soon become full sized. These unique properties are utilized in Living Donor Liver Transplantation. In essence, the diseased liver of the patient is removed and a part of the donor’s liver is transplanted into the patient. Both the remaining liver of the donor and the part transplanted grow rapidly to full size. “The centre of excellence for a comprehensive Living Donor Liver Transplant Program, being set up by Aykai Hospital is the best way to meet the requirement of transplants for the suffering patients”- further added Dr. Aulakh. Dr. Navpreet Aulakh said that we feel blessed with the launch of this unit that will give hope to patients who need not travel to other parts of the country for critical liver-related treatments such as transplantation.”