A team of expert nephrologists and organ transplant surgeons at BGS Global Hospital, Bangalore provided a fresh lease of life to a 23 years old chronic diabetic by performing a simultaneous pancreas& kidney transplant.

Selection criteria for pancreas are very stringent,given the possibility of pancreatitis.The wait for suitable organ matching was thus longer but the successful transplants gave the best chance of long term survival.

-Deccan Herald-/24th september