Published in 2015 – A novel of action, anguish, poignant humor and ultimate hope as two complete strangers are brought together in a medical miracle.
Complications from liver cirrhosis bring a middle-aged businessman close to death in Kochi, India. In a nearby town, a young man suffers a horrible accident on his way to work. How these two lives intersect is the subject ofTransplant Story, a novel of astonishing scope and intimacy that takes you into ICUs, hospital administration offices, and even the operation theater as a liver transplant, one of the most complex operations known today, is performed. In lucid prose Transplant Story clarifies difficult medical concepts and procedures and examines the historical, political, and legal factors surrounding transplantation in India today. Through an unforgettable cast of characters,Transplant Story asks you to explore the deep mysteries of human life: what it means to love, to give, to sacrifice, to hope – what it means to make medical miracles possible.
A novel by Philip G. Thomas
Organ Transplant Information 
Dear Dr PGT,
I finally read “transplant story”
It is a well written novel with good dose of humour, particularly from the state of Kerala.
As a transplant surgeon, I found this book very informative from the medical point of view. I believe the information it offers is very relevant even today in every centre that offers transplantation.
I have given few copies of “transplant story” to my colleagues here in Adelaide who are surgeons, transplant coordinators, and transplant physicians.
I’m sure anyone reading this will get a ring side view of what actually happens through the entire process of donation to transplant!
It is wonderful that a fantastic surgeon, human and a thorough gentleman like PGT penned this very interesting book.
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Just read the book. Its beautiful, and i can relate to every character in the book.
As a fellow in Transplant Anesthesiology and Critical Care, i found the CCM Neurosurgery episode hilarious:)
Transplant surgeons are people at the apex of technical excellence. To know they have another side to them is fascinating, and hope this book helps to awaken the transplant community in India to action.
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