Park Grecian Hospital Mohali is already performing living donor transplants, including high-risk transplants; paediatric transplants swap cases; ABO incompatible blood group transplants; and Redo Transplant
Soon, the hospital will start cadaveric kidney transplant (kidney extracted from brain dead persons), pancreas transplant and all kinds of robotic kidney transplants
Fresh successful kidney transplant case involving incompatible blood group couple (husband patient and wife donor) presented to spread public awareness that kidney donation from a person with blood group different from the patient is also possible although the surgery gets more complex
The lives of more than 3,00,000 patients in the country are hanging in the balance for want of an organ donation but less than 10 % of them can expect to get it on time given the fact that only 0.01% of the 140 crore Indians are donating their organs after death. On an average one person gets added to the organ transplant waiting list every minute and 20 people die every day for want of a donated organ. Kidneys are the most in demand as 85% of all people awaiting organ donation need a kidney.
Sharing this information at a press conference organised to commemorate World Kidney Day, which falls on March 13, a multi-disciplinary team of senior doctors from Park Grecian Hospital Mohali underscored the urgent need for more and more families to pledge their organs after death or even after their near and dear ones are declared brain dead.
According to Dr Sunil Kumar, Director, Renal Transplant Surgery at the hospital, “2.2 lakh new patients develop chronic kidney failure in our country every year, but only 10,000 of them get donors for transplant. It is currently the 6th fastest growing cause of death and is anticipated to become the 5th leading cause by 2040.
High blood pressure, diabetes, glomerulonephritis (inflammation of the tiny filters in the kidneys called glomeruli), untreated kidney stones and congenital diseases are the main reasons of kidney failure in India, he added.
Explaining how chronic kidney failure leads to irreversible damage to the kidneys, Dr Mukesh Goyal, Consultant, Nephrology, said, “Chronic Kidney Failure (CRF) is progressive in nature and can cause irreversible damage to the kidneys. The main factors contributing to this condition are diabetes, hypertension, infection, urinary obstruction, stone disease and some inherited abnormalities, he added.
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Dr Mukesh Goyal further informed that advanced stage of Chronic Renal Failure (or End Stage Renal Disease — ESRD) requires some form of Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) like Haemodialysis (filtering the blood off toxins & waste products) or Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD).
The prevalence of this disease has almost doubled over the past decade and is expected to increase further due to rise in risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, obesity, stress, and unhealthy eating habits, he shared.
Dr Sunil Kumar informed that Park Grecian Hospital Mohali is performing all types of Living Donor Transplants, including High Risk Transplants, Paediatric Transplants Swap cases, ABO incompatible Transplants (Non-Blood group specific) & Redo Transplants. Soon, the hospital will start cadaveric kidney transplant (kidney extracted from brain dead persons), pancreas transplant and all kinds of robotic kidney transplants.
He claimed that patients from as far of places as Dehradun, Jammu, Lucknow, Kanpur, Bihar, and Jharkhand are getting their kidney transplants done at the hospital.
Listing out the facilities available at the hospital, Dr Vimal Vibhakar, Medical Director, said it has a state-of-the-art 12-bedded dialysis centre providing 24×7 dialysis services, including Intervention Nephrology services like Permacath, AV Fistula, Renal Biopsies and Centrelines.
Park Hospital Mohali is now empanelled with ECHS, CGHS, ESI CAPF, Ayushman and all major TPAs & corporates, he added.
Among others present at the press conference were Dr Manav Goyal, Consultant, Urology; Dr Malvika Tendullkar, Consultant, Anaesthesia; and Dr Swati Gupta, Consultant, Anaesthesia.
About Park Group of Hospitals
According to Ashish Chadha, Group CEO (North), Park Group of Hospitals is now North India’s biggest super speciality network, with 14 hospitals, 3000 beds, 800 ICU beds, 14 cath labs and 1000 plus doctors.
10 tips to prevent kidney disease (recommended by Park Hospital Mohali)
• Manage diabetes, high blood pressure
• Reduce intake of salt
• Drink 8-10 glass of water every day*
• Don’t resist urge to urinate
• Eat a balanced diet and include lots of fruits
• Drink healthy beverages
• Avoid alcohol and smoking
• Exercise daily
• Avoid self-medication, especially painkillers
• Consult your doctor before taking protein supplements and herbal medicines
