November, 28 (Hyderabad): The first Swap transplant were M.M. Baig, a 50 year lab Technician and resident of Karim nagar and 44 year old M.Ravidas, who owns a tailoring shop and staying in BHEL. Both received a new life, after the Kindneys donated by their wives were swaped and transplanted first in Andhra Pradesh.
Mr. Baig had already a kidney transplant in the year 2000, but after the second failure kidney failure a year ago and been dialysis his wife Ayesha Baig was his prospective donar, but their blood groups differ (She was A+ and he was B+) . Similarly, the blood group of Devidas was A+ and his wife Nirmala B+. As both the patients had been on regular dialysis treatment for many months, doctors decideed take up'swap Kidney transplant'.
Dr. Rajsekhar Chkravarthy, director, division of nephrology at Care Hospital, said" Our team decided to carry out the transplant surgery since both the donors were willing to swap their organs and received permission from the State Govt. as well. Both the transplant happened on the same day in four operation theatres.He also said that 228 kidney transplants were conducted at Care Hospitals since 2004. In 90% of the cases, it was family donars and in the the rest, the kidneys were taken from cadavers.
Dr. Vikranth Reddy, head of Nephrology, said that 6% of the population suffered from kidney diseases and around four to five lakh patients reach end-stage failure. But only 4000 to 5000 Kidney transplants were being conducted in the country.
For More information contact following address or Visit URL : www.carehospitals.com
CARE Hospital :
Road no 1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500 034.
Tel: 040-30418888 & 040-66668888
Fax : 040-30418488
Email : info@carehospitals.com
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| MEDICAL FEAT: Ayesha, M.M. Baig, Devidas and Nirmala with the team of nephrologists at Care Hospitals in Hyderabad on Tuesday. Photo: Taken from Hindu, A.P. |
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