Bhubaneswar, Dec. 13 -- The Odisha Government has sought technical expertise support from Chennai-based MGM Healthcare Institute to assist in treatment of patients suffering from liver ailments at the SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack, the State's largest healthcare institute.

Earlier, the government had signed a MoU with Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG) Multi-Speciality Hospital team Hyderabad to perform the surgeries and simultaneously provide hands-on training to the surgeons of SCBMCH, Cuttack at its liver transplant surgery wing. However, the MoU's tenure has expired and the AIG declined to renew the MoU, affecting liver transplant surgeries and patients left in the lurch.

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