On the eve of Eid, city surgeons have set an example of friendship and brotherhood saving the life of two patients belonging to different communities.
A team of doctors from Jaypee Hospital, Noida, comprised — senior kidney transplant surgeon Amit Devra, Manoj Aggarwal and L.P. Chaudhary from the kidney transplantation department as well as senior senior consultant Anil Prasad Bhatt, Bheem Raj and Haroon from the nephrology department.
Chronic kidney disease
Dr. Devra said, “The patients were diagnosed with chronic kidney disease on MHD (maintenance haemodialysis) with hypertension.”
They were admitted in the Jaypee Hospital for renal allograft transplant.
At risk
Dr. Bhatt said, “Kidney of Ikram (53) and Anil Kumar Rai (43) were damaged due to high blood pressure and their lives were at risk since both the families had no suitable donor and were not economically well off.”
“We held separate meetings with both families. We informed them that if the wives donated their kidney to the other’s husband, it would be possible to save the lives of both patients. The kidney-swapping transplant process was explained to their families.”
Eventually, Ms. Lila Rai (34), the wife of Anil Rai, and Ms. Balo (47), the wife of Ikram, agreed to donate a kidney to the other’s husband.
“The kidney transplant surgery were successful and neither the donors, nor the recipients showed any complications after the surgery and were discharged,” said Dr. Devra.
Expressing gratitude, Ikram, a resident of Uttar Pradesh said, “I needed a kidney that was from a person of B+ blood group. My wife was willing to donate her kidney, but her blood group is A+. The doctors coordinated a meeting with Anil’s family and suggested a swap transplant to which we agreed. When you are on the verge of death, religion of your donor does not matter.”