Milestones
On their way to becoming India’s leading chain of organ transplantation center and super-specialty care centers, Global Hospitals has set many industry firsts. This has given us tremendous confidence and encouragement to continue forging ahead in the field of medicine and surgery.
Leading Multi Organ Transplant Centre:
- First Single Lung Transplant in India
- First Swap Liver Transplant on adults in India
- First Liver Transplant in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India
- First Bone Marrow Transplant in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India
- First Heart Transplant in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India
- First Split Liver Transplant in the state of Tamil Nadu, India
- First Twin Kidney Transplant in the state of Andhra Pradesh,India.
- First Hospital to introduce the Two Wheeler Ambulance Service (GART- Global Accident Rescue Team).
- Largest Multi-organ Transplant centre
- First Hospital in South Asia to perform the Nucleus Replacement in Spine
- Only Indian Hospital to be associated with King's college hospital,London,United Kingdom for Liver transplantations.
- First hospital to be recognized for Research and Development by the Govt. of India.
Milestones by Department
| Department |
Year |
Milestone |
Nephrology |
2010 |
Introduced information centre usage website, which is the first of its kind in the world. |
|
2006 |
Use of video conferencing for exchange of information. |
|
2005 |
Launched CAPD clinical coordination course working in India & abroad. |
|
2005 |
Highest no. of cadaver transplants in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India in the last 20 years. |
|
2003 |
Bilateral Kidney transplant, first in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India. |
|
2002 |
First to start the cadaver renal transplant in India. |
|
2002 |
Revolutionised CAPD (Continous Ambulatory Peritonial Dialysis). |
|
2002 |
The largest CAPD program in India with least complications. |
|
2002 |
Introduced renal critical care facility with continuous renal replacement therapy. |
Liver |
2010 |
First hospital to start the Cancer Center for Liver & Pancreas. |
|
2003 |
First hospital to perform cadaver liver transplant in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. |
|
2003 |
The largest center performing liver & pancreatic surgeries in South India |
Cardiology |
2010 |
Completed 15,000 radial procedures in May 2010, which is the highest volume in the country. |
|
2006 |
Conducted interventional workshops (unique for their challenging cases). |
|
2006 |
Expertised special technologies in chronic total occulssions intervention so that blocks of several years can be treated. This is made possible by the association with our Japanese colleagues. |
|
2005 |
The first hospital to perform radial procedures. |
|
2004 |
The first hospital to perform heart transplant in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India. |
|
2004 |
Cardiologists from Sweden & Dubai are trained in our hospitals. |
|
2004 |
Introduced the 64 slice CT angio coronary for performing non-invasive procedures. |
|
2004 |
First hospital to launch a book on radial procedures named as "Radial Pearl". |
|
2004 |
The first hospital in the country to carry out Intravascular ultrasound. |
