The liver transplant program at Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre, headed by Prof. Mohamed Rela has been awarded the Best Performing Live Liver Transplant Team by the Transplant Authority of Tamilnadu (TRANSTAN) on the occasion of 11th National Organ Donation day on Nov 27th, 2020. The award was received by Dr. Dinesh Jothimani, Director of Hepatology and Dr. Naresh Shanmugam, Director of Pediatric Hepatology on behalf of the team.
Prof. Rela and his energetic team have performed close to 2500 liver transplants in India in the last decade and currently close to 25 liver transplants are performed per month at Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre, Chromepet, Chennai. It is the largest pediatric liver transplant centre in South Asia. RIMC has a 32 bedded liver transplant ICU with all the advanced monitoring and therapeutic technologies and dedicated specialists to take care of adults and children with liver problems.