Hyderabad, July 1 -- Doctors at Osmania General Hospital have achieved a major medical milestone by successfully performing India's first five-organ multi-visceral transplant on a single patient in a single procedure.
The rare and highly complex surgery involved the simultaneous transplantation of the stomach, duodenum, pancreas, small bowel and right colon (large intestine) into a 30-year-old engineer from Sircilla. The operation continued uninterrupted for 36 hours and was successfully completed by the hospital's multidisciplinary medical team.
State Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha congratulated the Osmania medical team on the historic achievement, stating that the successful surgery has further enhanced the reputation of Telanga...