‘Kidney transplants more common in 20-40 age bracket’

The cadaveric kidney transplants across Mumbai went up from 36 in 2013 to 71 in 2014.

While kidney transplants, both cadaveric and live, have increased over the years, the rise has been significant in the younger population between the age bracket of 20 and 40 years, shows data from Fortis Hospital.

The cadaveric kidney transplants across Mumbai went up from 36 in 2013 to 71 in 2014. Data from private-run Fortis Hospital revealed that while there was no kidney transplant at the hospital for people aged between 20 and 30 years in 2009, the count steadily rose to four in 2012 and doubled to eight in 2014 in both live and cadaver transplants.

Dr S Narayani, zonal director at Fortis Hospital said, “Kidney transplants have now started at an early age. Certain conditions like hypertension and increased use of painkillers have developed early renal failure problems.”

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World Kidney Day will be observed on March 12. Dr Prakash Rajput, kidney transplant surgeon at Global Hospital, said, “In our hospital, close to 50 per cent kidney transplants happen in people aged less than 30 years. Now, we see a shift from elderly to the younger population that forms the majority of such transplant cases.”

Dr Vikram Vuppula, chief operating officer of Nephroplus, a dialysis service provider, said, “In India, neither the government nor public were aware of the epidemic that chronic kidney disease (CKD) will cause in the next few years. ”

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