The patient  Mr  Allaik Balakrushna Vaidya  57 from Navsari suffered from chronic liver disease for the last few months and was advised by the doctors that he should undergo a liver transplant surgery as soon as possible  The lack of an organ to transplant posed a problem for the family but bravely his son Mr  Chirag Vaidya  31 came forward and agreed to donate a part of his life to give life to his father 
 
Dr  Subash Gupta  Chief Consultant Liver Transplantation  Apollo Hospitals  New Delhi who has been guiding the development of liver transplantation across several Apollo Hospitals including Ahmedabad said   This success shows the collective strength of the Apollo Hospitals Group  The living donor liver transplant surgery is considerably more complicated than a cadaver liver transplant   he commented
 
Liver Transplant surgeries are highly complex and require trained surgeons supported by state of the art infrastructure to ensure successful outcomes  Apollo Hospitals Group’s Apollo Transplant Institutes is the world’s second busiest program in organ transplantation an in 2010 completed 775 transplants making it amongst best centers in the world  Commenting on the program in Ahmedabad  Dr  Chirag Desai  Chief Liver Transplant Surgeon  Ahmedabad added  Not only are we focused on the recipient surgery we also exercise extreme care towards donor safety  We are delighted that all our patients are doing well  Now we want to focus on cadaver donation  so that we can even save more lives 
 
Apollo Transplant Institutes have many firsts to its name in the field of liver transplants and pediatric liver transplants  Vani Khiria from Ahmedabad was one of the youngest patients at 7 months to undergo a successful Liver Transplant at Apollo Delhi  We are proud to state thattoday at the age of 2 5 yrs Vani is doing all the things which kids her age do 
 
Dr  Ajay Angirish  COO  Apollo Hospitals Ahmedabad while congratulating the entire team for its success added   That the availability of this facility will be of immense benefit to the people of Gujarat and we will expand this program to meet the needs of the state