Kochi doctors perform Kerala’s first pancreas transplant

Kochi : A hospital here has successfully conducted Kerala’s first combined pancreas-kidney transplant, the third such in India. The highly complex surgery was conducted on 35-year-old S. Syed Yunus Shahir, an engineer from Palakkad. The donor was a brain-dead 38-year-old patient. Thanks to the transplant, Shahir is now eating ice cream at will and is … Continue reading Kochi doctors perform Kerala’s first pancreas transplant