Hyderabad: Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) completed 2,000 kidney transplant surgeries, emerging as one of India’s leading government healthcare institutions in organ transplantation.
The institute created a record as a government hospital by achieving 2,000 kidney transplants under a single institutional programme.
Announcing the milestone on Friday, NIMS Director Dr. Beerappa said the institute performed its first kidney transplant in 1989 and had now crossed the 2,000-transplant mark.
He credited the achievement to the coordinated efforts of the Urology and Nephrology departments along with supporting medical staff.
Dr. Beerappa also thanked Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha for supporting advanced healthcare services at NIMS, especially for economically weaker patients.
NIMS kidney transplants supported poor patients
The milestone gained significance because NIMS served as a major lifeline for poor and middle-class patients suffering from end-stage renal disease.
According to the institute, nearly 95 per cent of the 2,000 transplant recipients received treatment completely free under the Aarogyasri scheme and the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
The Telangana government also provided lifelong post-transplant immunosuppressive medicines free of cost through Aarogyasri.
As a result, patients received relief from the heavy long-term financial burden usually associated with organ transplantation.
Dr. Beerappa congratulated the Urology department for building one of the public healthcare sector’s most successful transplant programmes.
He said the department handled several highly complex procedures, including repeat kidney transplants, paediatric transplants and surgeries involving multiple renal vessels.
NIMS kidney transplants achieve robotic surgery first
NIMS also achieved South India’s first robotic kidney transplant in a government hospital.
The achievement highlighted the growing technological capabilities of Telangana’s public healthcare institutions.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha congratulated the doctors and staff for the accomplishment.
He said the success demonstrated Telangana’s ability to provide world-class advanced healthcare through government hospitals.
The Minister stated that the government remained committed to expanding organ transplantation services across public hospitals. Therefore, high-end life-saving treatment would remain accessible free of cost to poor patients.
NIMS kidney transplants backed by expansion plans
Damodar Raja Narasimha recalled the recent establishment of an advanced Organ Transplant Centre at Gandhi Hospital.
The facility was equipped with six modular operation theatres and modern infrastructure.
He also said the government was establishing an Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence at TIMS Hospital in Sanathnagar.
In addition, the government planned to create organ retrieval centres across Telangana.
The Minister said these centres would strengthen the organ transplant ecosystem and improve access to advanced transplant services in the public healthcare system.
According to NIMS data, the institute completed 1,000 kidney transplants between 1989 and June 2017.
It performed 58 transplants between July and December 2017, followed by 111 in 2018 and 103 in 2019.
The institute completed 26 transplants in 2020, 103 in 2021, 93 in 2022 and 137 in 2023.
NIMS carried out 134 kidney transplants in 2024, 163 in 2025 and 72 so far in 2026, taking the total to 2,000.