Dr. Ushast Dhir has been trained in India and USA. He is ASTS (American board) certified multiorgan transplant surgeon having completed accredited fellowships in leading centers in USA. He caters to a lot of international patients especially from south east asian/ middle east/ russia and other neighboring countries.
The patient should come over to Delhi with the idea of being here for a total of about 3 months including per-transplant evaluation and preparation, the actual transplant and stabilization in the immediate post transplant follow up period.
At, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi a transplant evaluation will first be carried out to see if the patient needs transplant and whether he is fit for it. If a transplant is deemed suitable, the next step is to get a donor liver. If the family donor is deemed to be fit, the transplant can take place within 2-3 weeks of reaching Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
After transplant, the patient will have to be in hospital for 2-3 weeks. The donor is discharged from hospital after 7-10 days and allowed to go back to their country 10-15 days.
The patient can expect to fly back in a period of 6 weeks after transplant when majority of patient's achieve stable liver function. A life time follow up is established prior to departure for home country. The patients are welcome to follow up on email with the excel sheet provided. They are required to follow up physically at least once every 6 months or sooner if required.
Department of Liver Transplant and Surgical Gastroenterology Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
