The doctors of the Mahant Indiresh hospital here have claimed to successfully performed a kidney transplant operation on a person.
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the hospital Bhupendra Raturi said that the transplant is first of its kind in the hospital and one of the rare cases in the state. He said that the doctors of the Kidney transplant Centre of the hospital successfully transplanted the kidney of one Ravinder Kumar Gupta (47 years).
His wife Rekha Gupta donated the kidney. Ravinder Kumar was on dialysis for the last two years. His wife Rekha expressed her wish to donate a kidney to her husband. After all the necessary tests, the Kidney was successfully transplanted. The transplant was done on July 17 and the operation lasted for four hours. “After this successful operation, the patient is having a very speedy recovery. On Tuesday, the patient has been discharged from the hospital. Chairman of the hospital, Shri Mahant Devendra Dass ji Maharaj, congratulated the doctor’s team for this successful kidney transplant,’’ he said.
The PRO of the hospital further said that that permission to start a Kidney Transplant Centre is issued only after completing all the required parameters like essential resources, ultra-modern facilities as only a team of efficient doctors that can conduct a Kidney Transplant.
The team employed the laparoscopic method for Kidney Transplantation in which only a minor incision is made on the body of donor and recipient. The senior Nephrologist of the hospital Dr. Alok Kumar who led the team said that after the transplant the kidney of the patient is working satisfactorily.
“Kidney Transplantation is the most efficient and best treatment of Kidney failure. After successful Kidney Transplantation, the patient can be relieved from continuous dialysis and the patient can live a normal life. He can carry on his service, business and all other daily activities in a normal way,’’ he said.
Apart from Dr Kumar the team consisted of Dr. Vivek Vijjan, Dr. Vivek Rohilla, Dr. Vimal Kumar Dixit and Transplant Cordinator Sushma.