MIOT International’s Gym Can Keep Your Liver Strong

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MIOT Internationals Gym Can Keep Your Liver
Strong

• By MIOT International Multi Speciality Hospital
• 4/112, Mount Poonamalle RoadManapakkam
• Chennai - 600 089Tamil Nadu, INDIA
• Website - miotinternational.com

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Although a failing liver is widely attributed to
alcohol abuse, research shows that a bad
lifestyle could often be the tipping factor.
Unbeknown to many, and quite unlike the diseases
that afflict other organs, liver diseases go
unrecognized until 90 of the damage is done.
Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is now
an increasingly common illness and alarmingly
enough, places excessive consumption of fatty
food as its major contributor. In light of this,
MIOT International, Chennai launched the MIOT
Gold Standard Transplant (MGST) programme on
Saturday, 6 June 2015. MIOT, which lays claim to
a 90 success rate in liver transplants, now
proposed to also cut down on the number of
advanced-stage cases incurred by raising
awareness on liver wellness among the general
public.
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Liver Transplant is recognized worldwide as one
of the most costly and complicated of all medical
procedures globally. Since the effects of an
ailing liver festers asymptomatically until
advanced stages, the number of patients at risk
is indeed quite large. Almost one in every five
Indians is susceptible to the risk of a
liver-related ailment. MIOT has emerged quickly
as one of the leading liver care centres in
India, especially after their enhanced transplant
programme has saved several lives. In connection
with this programme, the hospital has also
launched a unique Liver Gym that looks toward
more preventive therapy over surgical
recourse. There should be greater focus on
reducing the need for liver transplants rather
than reducing the cost of the same. said Dr.
Prithvi Mohandas, Joint Managing Director of
MIOT.
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Diabetes is also a leading contributor to liver
ailments with almost 56 of Indians who are
diabetic suffering from liver complications.
Consumption of alcohol and over the counter
(OTC) medicines also act significantly to
catalyse liver deterioration. On the occasion of
World Transplant Day, MIOTs Liver Gym has been
launched to serve as a platform as well as an
interactive online helpline to spread the word
on liver awareness.
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• The Bile Trip
• Liver transplants from cadavers are among the
  most complicated surgeries to perform.
• They are also by far the most expensive and tend
  to take up the most OR time
• depending on the complexity of the case, one
  transplant can stretch from 10 hours to 16
  hours,.
• With many centres entering the fray, cadaver
  livers are increasingly being looked
• upon as gold dust. People who would earlier
  have normally just accepted their
• fate are now looking at liver transplants as a
  viable option in the treatment of liver disease.

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