Yes. Leading JCI and NABH accredited hospitals in India perform liver transplants for international patients, mostly using a living donor who is a close relative. Indian law requires the donor to be a near relative, with documents checked by the hospital authorisation committee. NajmCare reviews your reports free within 24 hours, then coordinates the hospital, donor and legal paperwork, medical visa letters and stay.

Deceased donor livers in India are allocated first to Indian citizens on the national waiting list, so foreign patients rarely receive them. A living donor transplant uses part of a relative’s healthy liver, which grows back, and the date can be planned. This is the route most international patients take.

The donor is usually a close relative such as a spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent or grandchild, normally aged about 18 to 55, in good health, with a compatible blood group and a healthy liver. Doctors do detailed tests and the donor must give free, informed consent. Non-relative donation is strictly limited and NajmCare never arranges paid donors.

Most donors recover well, but donation is major surgery with a small but real risk of complications. The donor’s liver regrows to a large part of its size within weeks to months. Donors are checked carefully, can withdraw at any time and are looked after by an independent team.

Indicative hospital costs are about US$35,000 to 60,000 for an adult living donor liver transplant and about US$30,000 to 50,000 for a child, compared with US$250,000 or more in the USA. The final bill depends on how sick the patient is, complications, ICU stay and medicines, and NajmCare gives a written estimate before you travel.

Plan about 6 to 8 weeks in India in total. This usually includes evaluation and legal clearance, about 10 to 21 days in hospital after surgery and several weeks of close follow-up nearby. Your transplant team confirms when it is safe to fly home.

Results depend on how ill the patient is, age, the underlying disease and the experience of the centre. Experienced high-volume centres report good results in suitable patients. Ask each hospital for its own one-year and five-year survival data and the number of transplants it performs every year.

Typically passports, proof of the donor and recipient relationship such as birth or marriage certificates, photographs, medical reports, and an embassy or government certificate confirming the relationship. Hospitals may ask for more. NajmCare gives you the exact checklist for your hospital and visa.

Possibly. Transplant is considered for selected patients whose liver cancer is within accepted size and number limits and who have not had spread beyond the liver. Treatments such as TACE or ablation may be used while waiting. Your transplant team decides after scans and tests.

Yes, in suitable patients. Alcohol-related cases usually need a period of abstinence and counselling, and fatty liver cases need heart and weight assessment. Your team explains the requirements and the support available.

Yes. Anti-rejection (immunosuppressant) medicines are taken long term, often at lower doses over time. You also need regular blood tests, infection prevention and healthy habits. Your team shares a written plan and arranges video follow-up for your doctor at home.

Yes. Paediatric transplant teams treat children with biliary atresia and metabolic liver diseases, often using a part of a parent’s liver. Early assessment improves options, so send your child’s reports for a free review.

Yes. Send your diagnosis, blood tests, scans and treatment history to NajmCare. A transplant specialist reviews them within 24 hours, free and without obligation, and tells you whether you are likely to be a candidate.