Ahmedabad: Three kidney transplants in a day at KD Hospital

AHMEDABAD: Donation of two kidneys by family of a 66-year-old brain-dead patient at the KD Hospital gave a new lease of life to two patients struggling to survive with regular dialysis.
Jeshankar Borisagar, 66, a native of Vavdi in Amreli district, had met with an accident last week. He was brought to the hospital in serious condition. While the doctors tried to revive him for two days, he succumbed to the injuries and was declared brain-dead on Sunday.
“After consent of his family, the two kidneys were retrieved and transplanted in two patients. During the pandemic, Borisagar, running a grocery shop in his village, would provide food and grocery even during the lockdown. Due to his kind acts, he was very popular with locals. His kindness thus continued even after his death,” said a doctor associated with the procedure, adding that his corneas were donated to the city-based eye bank.
It was a hat-trick of transplants in a day for the hospital as a kidney transplant from live donor was also performed on the same day. The doctors said that a woman had donated her kidney to her husband. “The feat of three transplants in a day is achieved by only a few hospitals in Gujarat,” added officials.