Bengaluru: Kauvery Hospitals, one of South India’s fastest-growing healthcare institutions, has announced a major milestone by successfully completing 760+ organ transplants across its network since 2024. These transplants span kidney, liver, heart, and lung procedures, underscoring Kauvery’s growing expertise in advanced transplant care.
The Electronic City unit alone has contributed 64 successful transplants, including 52 kidney and 11 liver transplants in under two years, showcasing the unit’s rapid growth and clinical capability.
Heart Transplant Readiness and Robotic Program
The Kauvery Institute of Multi-Organ Transplant (KIMOT) is now gearing up to initiate heart transplantation services, with infrastructure and expertise aligned to international standards. This program is bolstered by Kauvery’s Total Robotic Transplant Program, a minimally invasive approach that enhances surgical precision, reduces recovery time, and contributes to its impressive 93.79% success rate and a low mortality rate of just 3.4%—among the best in the region.
“Every transplant at Kauvery is a commitment to giving life where hope is fading. We are proud to be part of a movement that not only saves lives but also transforms them,” said Dr. S Vijayabaskaran, Executive Director – Bangalore & Hosur.
#HandOverHope – Statewide Organ Donation Campaign
Kauvery Hospitals also announced the launch of a large-scale public organ donation awareness initiative, themed “#HandOverHope – Give with Grace. Live through Others.”
The campaign will run across Karnataka, leading up to World Organ Donation Day on August 13, to highlight the critical gap between organ demand and donor availability.
Through a collaboration with SOTTO Karnataka (formerly Jeevasarthakathe), Kauvery will conduct donor registration drives, community outreach, and public education programs aimed at reducing waitlist mortality and ensuring ethical, timely transplants.
“At Kauvery, our transplant philosophy blends precision medicine with deep empathy. While we are proud of the lives we’ve transformed through kidney and liver transplants, the reality in Karnataka remains sobering. According to data from SOTTO Karnataka, over 5,500 patients are currently registered and awaiting life-saving organs — 4,500 for kidneys, 500 for livers, and another 500 for heart, lung, and pancreas transplants. Each number is a person waiting in uncertainty, and many may not get that second chance unless more people come forward to pledge. This is the gap we’re determined to bridge, not just through advanced transplant capabilities like our Total Robotic Transplant Program, but by actively driving awareness, compassion, and community action. Because every pledge made today can save a life tomorrow,” said Dr. Rammohan Sripad Bhat, Director – Kauvery Institute of Nephrology.
Campaign Visual and Message
The key campaign visual—a symbolic open palm with five vital organs etched on each finger—serves as a stirring reminder that a single gesture of organ donation can save multiple lives.
With this campaign, Kauvery Hospitals aims to inspire people to take the pledge to donate, creating a movement of hope and healing across Karnataka.
