Gambat Liver Transplant Center

The Gambat Liver Transplant Center (also Gambat Organ Transplant Unit) is a public hospital located in Gambat City, Pakistan. It is funded by the Government of Sindh, one of four Provincial Governments of Pakistan. Its transplant program offers free liver transplants to those who cannot generate the money to pay for the treatment.[1]

Gambat Liver Transplant Center
Geography
LocationSindh, Ranipur, Pakistan
Organisation
Care systemPublic Sector
FundingGovernment hospital
TypeHealthcare, Liver & Kidney Transplantation
PatronDr Rahim Bux Bhatti
Services
Beds50
History
Opened1 January 2016
Links
Websitewww.gambatlivertransplant.com
ListsHospitals in Pakistan

Started in 2016,[2] the 50-bed facility was the first Pakistani hospital to perform both a kidney transplant and a liver transplant in the same surgery.[3][4]

In 2020, the hospital performed 210 living-donor liver transplants, the highest number ever recorded in Pakistan. Until January 2021, Gambat Liver Transplant Unit carried out 330 liver transplants and 102 kidney transplants during the period by a team of nine surgeons. Its out-patient clinic has been catering to as many as 250 patients. It is currently the only public sector transplant unit in Pakistan that performs 6 living donor liver transplantations and 3 kidney transplantations per week.[5]

References
  1. "Sindh govt provides free liver transplant treatment to ailing folk singer Shaukat Ali". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  2. "Gambat institute to start liver transplants from next month". The Express Tribune. 16 January 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. "GIMS surgeons successfully conduct liver, kidney transplant". The News. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  4. "GIMS doing tremendous job in the field of health". Daily Times. 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  5. Nusrat, Haris (17 August 2020). "Sindh Government Leads the Health Sector in Pakistan". The Daily Times. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

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