Gambat Liver Transplant Center

Gambat Liver Transplant Program
Geography
Location	Sindh, Ranipur, Pakistan
Organisation
Care system	Public Sector
Funding	Government hospital
Type	Healthcare, Liver & Kidney Transplantation
Patron	Dr Rahim Bux Bhatti
Services
Beds	500
History
Opened	1 January 2016
Links
Website	www.gambatlivertransplant.com
Lists	Hospitals in Pakistan

The Gambat Liver Transplant Center (also Gambat Organ Transplant Unit) is a Sindh government public hospital, located in Gambat, Khairpur Mirs, Pakistan.

The transplant program provides free liver transplants to individuals who cannot afford the cost of the treatment.[1]

Started in 2016,[2] the 500-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.^[citation needed] 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 6 May 2021.
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. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
5. Nusrat, Haris (17 August 2020). "Sindh Government Leads the Health Sector in Pakistan". The Daily Times. Retrieved 15 April 2021.