Sundargarh-born doctor Mukut Minz hogged limelight by conducting kidney transplant surgery of Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj recently.
He came from a modest family but due to sheer hard work and dedication in his profession, he is now one of the renowned doctors in the country. Union Minister Swaraj recently tweeted after her surgery and thanked Dr Minz.
Minz (64) is born to Mika Minz and Premika Minz in Goibhanga village in Kalunga area. Minz’s father Mika was working as a Peskar in Uditnagar SDJM court at Rourkela. Mukut is his second son. There are four brothers and a sister of Mukut.
He did his schooling in Kalunga and thereafter in Rourkela and studied in Sundargarh College. He did his MBBS from VSS Medical College in Burla. Thereafter, he did his master of surgery course in PGI, Chandigarh. After completion of master of surgery in PGI Chandigarh, he joined there as Assistant Professor and when Kidney transplant department started, he went on to become its head. He worked there till his retirement in July 2016.
After his superannuation, Dr Minz joined in Fortis Hospital, Mohali, Chandigarh as Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Surgery.
Dr Minz has over 36 years of experience in transplant surgery and has performed over 3,400 successful kidney transplants. He has also done six kidney plus pancreas transplants in his career. Under the mentorship of Dr Mukut Minz, Kidney Transplant Unit was established in the SCB Medical College, Cuttack in March 2012 . After setting up this unit, 113 kidney transplants were performed by doctors in the SCB till December last.
Due to his expertise in kidney transplant and high success rate in the country, when Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s kidney transplant was required to be done, Dr Minz’s name was suggested first. Swaraj’s kidney transplant surgery was performed by a team of 50 personnel led by Dr Minz in AIIMS in December last.