The State Organ Transplant Centre (SOTC) at Gandhi Hospital would take at least around 10 months to be open to public.
As per plans, six organs can be transplanted at the centre that will have modular operation theatres (MOT) with advanced equipment, Intensive Care Units (ICU), and other facilities. Tenders for this would be floated in a week or two.
Health Minister Harish Rao had announced on May 22 that the organ transplant centre would be established on the eighth floor of the government hospital. He had added that nine OTs would be constructed where kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, knee and hip replacements would be performed along with cochlear implantations.
