The Department of Posts released a commemorative postage stamp on Liver
Transplantation in India on 4th November 2014 on the occasion of 15
years of Liver Transplantation in India. The commemorative postage stamp
was released by Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Hon'ble Minister of
Communications & IT in a function held at Hotel Lalit, New Delhi.
Shri S. K. Sinha Member Postal Services Board and Dr. Pratap C. Reddy
Chairman Apollo Hospital Group were present in the function.
The only definite treatment for liver failure is a liver
transplantation. During a liver transplant, the diseased liver is
removed and replaced with a healthy one. The first successful Liver
Transplantation was performed on a child in 1967. Since then, there has
been tremendous progress in the complicated process of liver
transplantation, which in 1983 was confirmed to be a valid procedure in
cases of end stage liver disease (ESLD), in a consensus by the National
Institutes of Health. The first successful liver transplantation in
India was performed at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi on 15th
November, 1998 and since then around 4,500 such transplants has been
done in the country.
The liver performs various functions that are essential for the well
being of the body. Two types of liver transplant are possible: living
donor transplant and cadaveric transplant. In living donor transplant, a
portion of the liver is removed from a healthy person and placed into
the patient. Since the liver has the capacity to regenerate, both the
donor and the recipient liver portions grow to a normal size in a few
weeks. In a cadaveric transplant the donor is a brain dead person.
Note : All IPs/ASPs are once again requested to open at least one
philatelic deposit account (PDA) at philatelic bureau to get all kind of
commemorative postage stamps and stationary items at door step at free
of cost of department.
