Gleneagles Global Health City Achieves Milestone of 504 Kidney Transplants
- The Youngest transplants recipient was a 3-year-old girl and the Oldest was a 68-year-old male
- 47% of kidney donors are mothers, Seeks public awareness for organ donation
Chennai, 28th March 2023 : Gleneagles Global Health City has announced its successful completion of 504 kidn ey transplants. The Department of Nephrology & Renal Transplantation has to date performed kidney trans pla nts for both paediatrics and adults with 22 transplants comprising babies and children and 482 adults. Of the 48 2 adults, 156 were women recipients and 348 constituted men. To commemorate this milestone, eminent gu est Sri Tenkasi S Jawahar, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary & Project Director, World Bank Aided Tamil Nadu Irr igate d Agriculture Modernisation Project participated in the celebration with the Kidney transplant donors and reci pients. The participants talked about how their lives had returned to normal after having a kidney transplant.
“We are proud to state the Department of Nephrology & Renal Transplantation at Gleneagles Global Hospital has successfully completed 500+ Kidney transplants since its first kidney transplant was performed in 2009. It is a remarkable achievement for our hospital and a one-of-a-kind record in the world of kidney transplants,” said Dr. Alok Khullar, CEO, Gleneagles Global Health City.
“This is no small feat to achieve for any hospital in India. Though we are already leading in kidney transplants, we are still lagging behind developed countries. There is a lack of awareness when it comes to kidney transplants th at need to be addressed and we are making every effort to educate the public about the success rates,” added Dr. Alok.
Dr. Muruganandham K, HOD & Senior Consultant – Department of Urology, Gleneagles Global Health City said, “The number of cadaver donor kidney transplants stood at 208 & live donor kidney transplant was 296 with 35 plus kidney transplants being crowd funded. It is of national importance that organ donations increase and this is only possible when people come forward to donate willingly. Today, it is only the family and relatives of the recipient who donate first. We need more NGOs to come forward and help us in this cause,”.
“Statistically speaking, out of these 504 transplants – under the live donor kidney transplants, 47% was donated by mothers, 19% by the spouse, 12% by the sister, 8% by the brother and 14% were others. The youngest and old est donor was a 20-year-old female and a 65-year-old male respectively. The recipient in the youngest category was a three-year girl and the oldest recipient was a 68-year-old male,” added Dr. Muruganandham
“Incidentally, not every successful kidney transplant was easy to perform. The Hospital had many challenging ca ses that were rare and truly unique too. For instance, there was a pediatric high-risk transplant of a 16-year girl who suffered from Syndromic CKD – Ctin + RP. Another was a 17-year boy who had Refractory HTN –S/P Bila t eral Nephrectomy and Low-Capacity Bladder. There are many more cases that we have performed kidney tran splants on,” said Dr. Muthukumar P, Senior Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physician, Gleneagles Global Health City
“In the Adult high-risk transplant category there was a 45-year male who had Refractory Anemia/Bicytopenia, Diabetic Polyneuropathy and another was a 22-year male with Multiple Congenital Anomalies with Spina Bifida. There was a 30-year-old female with a Type I Diabetic / CKD end-stage whom we successfully ensured she had a kidney transplant,” added Dr. Muthukumar.
About Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai
Gleneagles Global Health City, the sprawling 14.5-acre facility located in Perumbakkam, Chennai, is the largest f acility of Gleneagles Global Hospitals India. With 200 Licensed beds and accreditations from leading agencies, t he facility is Asia’s most trusted and leading Multi-Organ Transplant Centre. The hospital has undertaken several path-breaking Liver, Neuro, Heart, Lung and Kidney procedures. It is recognized by several national-level accre d iting agencies. World-class infrastructure, dedicated staff and a commitment for medical excellence are the US Ps of this facility. The hospital has several achievements to its credit and continues to work on several pi oneering procedures.
Gleneagles Global Hospitals has multi-super specialty hospitals in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai and Mumbai. The brand is the most preferred hospital group for multi-organ transplants in Asia region. The parent entity of Gl eneagles Global Hospitals is IHH Healthcare, a leading premium integrated healthcare provider with a network of 84 hospitals and more than 16,000 licensed beds. It is one of the largest healthcare groups in the world by ma rket capitalisation and is listed in the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia and Main Board of SGX-ST. IHH is a leading player in the home markets of Malaysia, Singapore, Turkey and India, and in their key growth markets of China a nd Hong Kong.
