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KGMU performs its first combined liver-kidney transplant
The liver and a kidney were transplanted to a 58-year-old man from Azamgarh by a KGMU team. The second kidney was sent to SGPGIMS for another patient via a green corridor.
Doctors at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) here performed the institution’s first combined liver-kidney transplant after the family members of a “brain dead patient” donated the organs.
The liver, kidneys and corneas were harvested from a 20-year-old resident of Lonar village in Hardoi. He was admitted to the KGMU Trauma Centre after a road accident last month and had been on ventilator support.
The liver and a kidney were transplanted to a 58-year-old man from Azamgarh by a KGMU team led by Dr Abhijit Chandra, head of the department of gastro surgery. The second kidney was sent to the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science (SGPGIMS) for another patient via a green corridor.
The corneas have been kept at the eye bank at KGMU.
The accident took place on October 24 in Hamirpur. The donor worked as a helper in the transport sector.
After the road accident, the 20-year-old donor was first admitted to a private hospital and later shifted to KGMU. During treatment, he was declared “brain dead” and, later, the doctors convinced the family to agree to organ donation, KGMU spokesperson Dr Sudhir Singh said.
“A liver and a kidney were received by my father, who is 58, and was ailing for a long time,” said the daughter of the recipient at KGMU.
“My father lives in Azamgarh. As soon as a call came from KGMU, we called him here for the operation,” she said.
