Overview
- Director Prof Vivek Lal said the dedicated centre will "soon become a reality" during the inaugural session of the Indian Society of Transplant Surgeons conference in Chandigarh.
- PGIMER stated that currently department-run transplant services will be unified into a single hub to add space, improve coordination, and streamline care.
- The proposed centre is expected to offer structured training with simulation facilities and stronger research programmes to raise quality and scale.
- PGI reports a track record of over 5,400 kidney transplants, including 248 in 2025, which helped shrink live-donor wait times from nearly a year to about three months.
- No timeline, funding details, or operational blueprint for the new centre were disclosed in the announcements.