Father’s Day: 72-year-old man from Karnal gives kidney, and a new lease of life, to his daughter
The Renal Sciences Department at Fortis Hospital in Mohali conducted the kidney transplant on the 41-year-old woman.
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Rajinder and her daughter Meena Devi are residents of Karnal. The Renal Sciences Department at Fortis Hospital in Mohali has given a new lease of life to a 41-year-old woman suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD) via a kidney transplant surgery in April this year. The kidney was donated by the patient’s father, aged 72.
Rajinder and her daughter Meena Devi are residents of Karnal. The patient had uremic symptoms (due to increased levels of harmful substances in the blood) and had been undergoing hemodialysis (filtering waste and water from the blood) twice a week since last January last. But, after her symptoms failed to improve, she visited Dr Anna Gupta, associate consultant, Renal Sciences and Kidney Transplant.
Upon examination, Dr Gupta found that the patient had swelling in the feet and legs, uncontrolled blood pressure, decreased appetite, and anaemia (low blood level), for which she had received multiple blood transfusions. She also contracted an infection in the dialysis line and was later prescribed antibiotics.
Dr Gupta counselled the patient to undergo a kidney transplant surgery. Following proper evaluation, the patient’s father offered to become the donor as he was the only compatible and legitimate donor in the family.
The kidney transplant surgery team, comprising Dr Gupta; Dr Sunil Kumar, senior consultant and kidney transplant surgeon; and Dr Sahil Rally, attending consultant, kidney transplant, successfully operated on the patient. She was ambulated on the third day of the surgery and discharged on the sixth day with normal creatinine levels (0.6 to 1.1 mg/dL).
Dr Gupta said, “After surgery, the patient has normal creatinine, the swelling has subsided, blood pressure is under control, and her appetite has improved. The donor was also discharged on the fourth day of the surgery with no complications till date and performing his daily activities without difficulty.”
Stating that CKD was a rising health problem in India, Dr Gupta, added, “Screening diabetic patients and hypertensive (increased blood pressure) ones is the key. Awareness needs to be spread about the symptoms of CKD. Kidney transplant has a success rate of more than 97 per cent. If a patient doesn’t undergo timely kidney transplant surgery, it can further develop certain uremic (kidney failure-related) complications, infections, heart diseases.”
Highlighting the importance of kidney transplants, Dr Sunil Kumar, said, “Careful selection of donors is essential as a successful surgery outcome ensures a healthy life for the patient. Also, patients can return home within a week of the surgery and resume their normal routine activities. Except for the first three months, there are very few dietary restrictions. Regular follow-ups with a nephrologist are, however, necessary.”
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