Is there any difference in liver transplant in India and abroad?
No hospital in India is as good as the best run hospitals in the West. To achieve such high standards will increase the cost of transplant. However the technical expertise of the doctors and nurses is comparable to that in the West. The infrastructure is also comparable. The results of liver transplant (in the author’s series), is also comparable to the results of established centers. It is a very good deal for the price that is ten times cheaper than either the Western centers or those in Far East and Singapore. In any case 99% of Indian citizens cannot afford to spend > Rs 15 million that is required for liver transplant abroad.
