NE HEALTH BUREAU
Dr. Kinisha Patel, a leading paediatrician announced the opening of her new dedicated clinic, Kimaaya Kids Liver and Gastro Care at Thaltej in Ahmedabad. This would be Gujarat’s first paediatric liver transplant clinic, providing various services such as exclusive liver disease clinic & metabolic disorder clinic for early disease detection, pre-transplant assessment and post liver transplant follow up. With the opening of such ultramodern clinic, the residents of Ahmedabad and nearby areas will benefit from best paediatric/ gastro services and not to mention liver transplant support facility for the children.
Joins hands with world renowned liver transplant surgeon Prof. Mohamed Rela, founder of Rela
Kimaaya Kidz Liver and Gastro Care in association with Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre (RIMC), Chennai will host liver transplant clinic for children.Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai is well known for liver transplantation with excellent outcomes comparable to European centres. RIMC was established under the leadership of Prof. Mohamed Rela, a world renowned liver transplant surgeon who holds Guinness world record for successfully performing liver transplantation on 5 days old girl child.
Dr. Kinisha Patel is a consultant Paediatric gastroenterologist, hepatologist and liver transplant physician. She had undergone training under Dr Mohamed Rela in Chennai. She is a renowned doctor who deals with a wide range of liver diseases and gastrointestinal disorders.She is expert at treating scores of diseases and disorders regarding liver issues in the children such as Biliary Atresia, Chronic Liver diseases, Hepatitis, Metabolic liver diseases, Liver Tumours, Wilson Diseases and Acute LiverFailure etc. By associating with RIMC, she has taken the medical facility in the paediatric field to the next level in the city.
Dr. Kinisha Patel, MD Paediatric, Fellowship in paediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & paediatric liver transplant, said, “I’m so happy to have associated with RIMC, which has the largest paediatric liver transplant program in India, with success rate of 95%. Paediatric liver disease may present at any age from newborn period to adolescent age. This speciality clinic will focus on early diagnosis & medical treatment of liver disease so that liver failure could be prevented. In case of advanced liver disease, initial stabilisation and early referral for liver transplant is important for a good outcome. Senior Consultants from various specialities would visit periodically to support the service and also the centre will have facility for direct video Consultation with Prof Mohamed Rela.”
Dr. Naresh Shanmugam, Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist, the Head of Department Paediatrics, Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre, Chennai. said, “Children who require liver transplantation has to undergo assessment and usually their parents donate a small portion of liver, also has to undergo assessment. Following liver transplantation the families has to stay in Chennai for few months for follow-up clinics. Kimaaya Kidz Liver and Gastro Care would provide pre-transplant assessment and post-transplant follow up clinic so that the families can directly come for liver transplantation which would shorten the time they need to spend in Chennai.”
He further added, “All paediatric donor surgeries are performed using state of the art Davinci Robot, only centre which provides this service in India. This provides quick donor recovery with minimal scar.”
Speaking with navjeevanexpress.com, Dr Naresh said, “The cost of liver transplantation ranges between $30,000 and $35,000 in India which is one-third the cost of European hospitals. To help the needy patients, the hospital has resorted to crowd-funding and also seeking the help of philanthropists. The Governments of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have also been funding liver transplant patients. A national policy in this regard will go a long way in alleviating the pains of over 12,500 kids who are in need of liver transplantation. Rela’s Chennai facility has been performing 70-75 cases per year. Children from Sri Lanka and Middle East also visit this hospital for treatment.”
“Our goal is to provide the best health and care facility in the city. With Kimaaya Kidz Liver and Gastro Care, there comes a better access to pediatric super specialty treatment. We’re always on the go to provide after-hours urgent care facility without doubt. What’s more, with a panel of experts, we entrust to serve the humanity with every resource we have only to achieve best results whilst raising a smile on the face of our patients,” added Dr. Kinisha Patel.
According to Ronald K May, National Head, Marketing & Sales of Rela Institute, for foreign and outstation patients, the hospital provides airlifting facility in case of emergencies. And above all, the hospital has service apartments and hotel to stay during the course of treatment. Language will not be a barrier as hospital staff are well versed in all Indian and foreign languages to make them feel at home.
Earlier, due to the lack of kids’ liver care and transplant facilities, people have had to suffer a lot. Now that Kimaaya Kidz Liver and Gastro Care comes to the city, it is poised to provide hope for better life and brings advanced technology closer.
