Dr K R Balakrishnan, Chairman – Cardiac Sciences, Director – Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant & Mechanical Circulatory Support, MGM Healthcare and his team were felicitated by Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport and Highways, on Saturday, September 3 in the presence of Ma Subramanian, Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of Tamil Nadu, for having performed over 500 heart and lung transplants successfully in India and running the largest adult and paediatric heart transplant program in India. Incidentally, the record 500 plus heart and lung transplants is the highest number performed by one team in the entire Asia Pacific region. Jagarnath Mahto, Minister of Prohibition and Excise of Jharkhand; Dr Sunil Shroff, Managing Trustee, Mohan Foundation; and M K Rajagopalan, Chairman- MGM Healthcare, Chennai were also present…..Readmore