Ivy Group of Hospitals performs 1200 successful kidney transplants

Amritsar November 30, 2023: With 5 hospitals, 750 beds and 280 ICU beds the Punjab's largest super specialty network IVY Group of Hospitals  has performed 1200 successful kidney transplants so far. IVY is performing all types of living donor transplants, including high risk transplants, pediatric transplant swap cases, ABO incompatible transplants (non-blood group specific) and redo transplants.

Addressing a press conference at IVY Hospital Amritsar on Thursday, Dr Avinash Srivastava, Director of Urology and Renal Transplant, said that every year 2.2 lakh new patients develop chronic kidney failure in our country.

Nephrologist Dr HK Imran Hussain said that hypertension, diabetes, BPH, untreated kidney stones and UTI are the main causes of kidney failure in India.

Dr Paras Saini, Consultant, Urology and Renal Transplant, said that the prevalence of this disease has almost doubled in the last decade, and it is becoming more prevalent due to the increase in risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, stress and unhealthy eating habits.

Dr. Soumya Ahuja, General Manager Operations, IVY Hospital Amritsar said, “IVY Hospital Amritsar has a state-of-the-art 8 bedded dialysis center and we offer 24 x 7 dialysis services, including intervention nephrology services like permacath, AV fistula, renal biopsies and central lines.”