Organ transplant surgeon Dr. Sarbeswar Saharia receives KIMS Legend Award

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MANGALDAI: One more feather has been added to the cap of Padma Shri recipient eminent renal surgeon Dr. Sarbeswar Saharia as Secunderabad-based Krishna Institute of Medical Science (KIMS) conferred on him the KIMS Legend Award few days back at a function held at Secunderabad.

KIMS has claimed to have achieved a rare distinction of being the only medical institute to complete 1,000 kidney transplants successfully in a single unit. The KIMS, in recognition of the yeoman’s service of organ transplant surgeon Dr. Saharia towards mankind and for his guiding spirit and involvement to complete the 1,000 kidney transplant surgeries successfully, has conferred this rare honour on Dr. Saharia. To mark the achievement, the KIMS organized a day-long conference on ‘The past, present, and future of transplant surgeries in India’ in association with the Institute of Renal Sciences.

Dr Saharia who hails from Mangaldai is the Chief Transplant Urologist and Senior Consultant in kidney transplant in KIMS, Secunderabad. He has already performed 3,000 kidney transplant surgeries in different hospitals in the country. Significantly, Dr. Saharia has successfully performed kidney transplantations from 200 brain dead donors known as cadaver kidney transplantations, which is also a rare achievement by a single surgeon in the country. Besides a long list of awards and honours, in 2014 he was conferred the Padma Shri award in recognition to his service and achievements.

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