India, Aug. 27 -- The Maharashtra Public Health Department on Tuesday suspended the live liver transplant licence of Sahyadri Super Specialty Hospitals, Deccan, after the death of a couple following a liver transplant surgery, said officials. A high-level committee constituted by the department to investigate the alleged medical negligence is expected to submit its report within four weeks. The divisional appropriate authority has temporarily suspended the live liver transplant procedure at the hospital awaiting the panel report.

The case concerns Bapu Komkar, 49, who underwent a liver transplant at the hospital on August 15, with his wife Kamini Komkar, 46, as the live donor. Bapu's health deteriorated after the transplant surgery, and ...