Bengaluru: Four patients who need kidney transplants after almost two years of dialysis have found hope in two kidney transplants in one week in the same hospital in Bengaluru.
The four families have donors who are willing and all donors are women.
Of the two swaps, one is between a Hindu and Muslim family.
Syeda Ayesha, a Bengaluru resident, wanted to donate his kidney to her husband Syed Irfan Ullah but could not because the kidney was incompatible.
But help arrived.
Other patients, Mahendra (name changed) from Tumakuru also needed transplantation.
His wife wanted to donate his kidney but faced the same problem with Ayesha.
Fortunately, the doctor at the Global Hospital Gleneagles BGS here realized that if the women exchanged donors, the two transplants could be done.
Ayesha said he had never had a problem accepting the kidney of Mahendra’s wife for her husband.
“Humanity appears above all.
Religion comes only after humanity.
We do not face problems in making decisions,” he said.
Irfan Ullah underwent dialysis for one and a half years.
For Arabic teachers, transplants are the only choice.
On the other hand, Mahendra was also in dialysis for two years.
Remembering the incompatibility of severe demand-and-inventory in kidney donations, swap is the lifeline for Mahendra and Irfan Ullah.
The Ayesha kidney was harvested on September 7 for transplants.
In the same hospital, there are other swaps like that.
Siddaraj Patil, a 29-year-old farmer from Yadgir, who suffered from chronic kidney disorders from 2019, received lives due to other swap transplants.
Patil Kamala Devi’s mother was a donor but her organs were not compatible with her son.
However, the kidneys match the requirements of satyanarayana patients, 39, from Andhra Pradesh.
Sister Satyanarayana, Lakshmakka’s kidney fits Patil.
Swap transplantation was carried out on September 14, once again at the Gleneagles BGS Global Hospital.
All operations are led by Dr.
Anil Kumar BT, senior consultants, nephrologists and transplantation, together with the urology team led by Dr.
Narendra S, which is a senior consultant and major transplant surgeon.
Dr.
Kumar said the renal transplant was the best form of kidney replacement therapy for patients with final stages of kidney disease but there was a very large demand-and-inventory gap.
“The waiting list for kidney transplants is increasing every year,” he said.
Doctors say that paired kidney turnover (PKE) or swap transplantation is an innovative process where the recipient gets a kidney that is more compatible with donors who are willing from other patient families.