Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai

Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre in Chromepet, Chennai is a tertiary hospital with more than 450 beds. Its current liver-transplant pages describe 130 critical-care beds and 14 operating rooms. The institution has a particularly strong focus on liver disease, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery and transplantation, while also providing paediatric, cardiac, neurological, orthopaedic and other multispeciality services.

The transplant programme performs living-donor liver transplantation, combined liver-kidney transplantation and selected monosegmental liver transplants. Hepatobiliary surgeons also use laparoscopic and robotic approaches for liver and pancreatic operations. Procedures include Whipple surgery, distal pancreatectomy, liver resection and bile-duct resection. Paediatric cardiac services list device closure of ASD, VSD and PDA, balloon pulmonary and aortic valvuloplasty and catheter treatment of coarctation.

The Chromepet campus combines transplant operating rooms with intensive-care, imaging and laboratory infrastructure for patients undergoing complex abdominal surgery. Robotic systems are used for selected donor and hepatopancreatobiliary procedures, while high-acuity postoperative care is available within the hospital. The large critical-care component is particularly relevant to transplant recipients and patients with advanced liver failure.

Patients with cirrhosis, liver tumours, complex pancreatic or bile-duct disease, congenital cardiac conditions or other disorders requiring major tertiary surgery may find Rela Hospital relevant. Its clinical profile is especially suited to liver-transplant pathways and technically complex hepatobiliary operations where surgery, critical care and several medical specialties must work closely together.

The paediatric and adult programmes also overlap in complex transplant and congenital cases. This is relevant for children or younger patients who need specialised anaesthesia, intensive care and surgical teams with experience in age-specific physiology alongside the main procedure.