NIMS Hits Major Milestone With 2,000 Kidney Transplants In Public Healthcare

Hyderabad-based Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) has achieved a major milestone in public healthcare by successfully completing 2,000 kidney transplant surgeries under a single institutional programme, emerging as one of the leading government hospitals in the country in organ transplantation services.

The achievement was officially announced on Friday by Dr Beerappa , Director of NIMS, who said the hospital performed its first kidney transplant in 1989 and has since built a strong and sustained transplant programme through the combined efforts of its urology, nephrology and support teams .

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Health Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha congratulated the NIMS medical fraternity for reaching what they described as a rare and historic landmark in government healthcare.

According to the Chief Minister’s Office, NIMS now ranks among the top institutions in the country for kidney transplants, standing third nationally after Gujarat’s IKDRC and Christian Medical College Ludhiana. The hospital has also emerged as the leading government institution in South India in terms of kidney transplant procedures.

The government highlighted that nearly 95 per cent of the 2,000 beneficiaries received treatment completely free of cost through the Rajiv Aarogyasri health insurance scheme and the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. Officials noted that NIMS completed a record 500 kidney transplants in just the last three years and four months , reflecting the growing capacity and dedication of its medical teams.

Dr Beerappa said NIMS has become a lifeline for economically weaker patients suffering from end-stage kidney disease. In addition to free surgeries, the Telangana government is also providing costly lifelong immunosuppressive medicines under the Aarogyasri scheme, significantly reducing the financial burden on patients after transplantation.

NIMS has also made notable advances in robotic transplant technology . The hospital performed the first robotic kidney transplant in a government hospital in South India and has successfully handled highly complex procedures, including paediatric transplants, repeat transplants and surgeries involving multiple renal vessels .

Health Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha said the success of NIMS demonstrates Telangana’s capability to provide world-class advanced medical care through public hospitals. He said the government is expanding organ transplant services across the state to ensure wider access to life-saving treatment for poor patients.

As part of these efforts, the state has recently established a modern Organ Transplant Centre with six modular operation theatres at Gandhi Hospital and is developing an Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence at TIMS Hospital in Sanathnagar. The minister added that organ retrieval centres would also be expanded across Telangana to strengthen the state’s transplant ecosystem further.