Hyderabad: Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) completed 2,000 kidney transplant surgeries, marking a major milestone for public healthcare in Telangana and strengthening its position among India’s leading government transplant centres.
NIMS Director Dr. Beerappa announced the achievement on Friday and said the institute performed its first kidney transplant in 1989. He stated that the programme had steadily expanded through coordinated efforts by the Urology and Nephrology departments along with supporting medical teams.
The institute achieved the milestone under a single institutional transplant programme, which officials described as a major accomplishment for a government hospital.
Dr. Beerappa thanked Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha for supporting advanced healthcare services for economically weaker patients across Telangana.
According to NIMS, nearly 95 per cent of transplant recipients received treatment free of cost through the Aarogyasri scheme and the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. In addition, the government continued providing lifelong post-transplant immunosuppressive medicines without cost under Aarogyasri support.
NIMS kidney transplants expand advanced healthcare services
Officials said the transplant programme became a lifeline for poor and middle-class patients suffering from end-stage renal disease. The institute also carried out several complex surgeries, including repeat kidney transplants, paediatric procedures and surgeries involving multiple renal vessels.
Moreover, NIMS achieved South India’s first robotic kidney transplant in a government hospital. The institute said the achievement reflected the growing technological capabilities of Telangana’s public healthcare sector.
Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha congratulated doctors and staff members for the accomplishment. He said the government remained committed to expanding organ transplantation facilities in public hospitals across Telangana.
The Minister recalled the recent establishment of an advanced Organ Transplant Centre at Gandhi Hospital with six modular operation theatres. He also said the government was developing another Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence at TIMS Hospital in Sanathnagar.
According to official data, NIMS completed 1,000 kidney transplants between 1989 and June 2017. The institute later accelerated surgeries and completed 163 transplants in 2025 alone. Officials said NIMS had already performed 72 kidney transplants in 2026, taking the total to 2,000.
