In a bid to provide huge relief to the people of Bihar suffering from kidney and nephrology related diseases and need renal transplant, a private and highly acclaimed hospital has offered comparatively cheaper surgery and treatment. The Bihar Government too stepped in and promised to offer transplantation cost to the poor and needy and financially help in medication.
Ironically, the patients from Bihar go for kidney transplant to other States, including Delhi and Chandigarh, where transplantation cost is highly expensive. The doctors though have no estimation how many patients from Bihar go outside for this treatment it is claimed that everywhere Biharis outnumber patients from other States.
A couple of very poor patients, one a beedi worker and another a bus driver, underwent successful kidney transplant at Paras HMRI super speciality hospital here through laparoscopic method which was carried out by Dr Mahesh Desai, Medical Director and managing trustee of Nadiad (Gujarat) based Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital and the surgeons of Paras including Dr Ajay Kumar, director Institute of Urology, Nephrology and Transplant. He said a Paras alone about 1,800 patients come for dialysis every month which suggested how serious this diseases has emerged.
Experts as well as the team of Paras were confident that the patients from Bihar would no longer need to go outside as they would now benefit from the affordable and modern facilities of kidney transplant. The doctors however, stressed on more awakening among the people about the renal transplant and the related matters. “lack of donors is a major issue which should be addressed through awareness campaign,” said Dr Desai who has carried out more than 3,000 kidney transplants in his long career.