Goemkarponn Desk
PANAJI: Manipal Hospital Goa has successfully undertaken the first kidney transplant and the donor surgery was done by laparoscopy for the very first time in Goa. The surgical team was led by Dr. Deepak Dubey an alumnus of Goa Medical College and the Chairperson of Urology services across the Manipal Group.
“We are elated to successfully perform the first kidney transplant in a COVID survivor in the state. The patient was diagnosed to have diabetic kidney disease and his wife was ready to donate for him. A set back was when he got Covid-19 infection which was managed with isolation dialysis and home Isolation with strict monitoring,” said Dr. Amol Mahaldar, Nephrologist & Transplant Physician, Manipal Hospitals, Goa
He further said that after he recovered from Covid-19, we could successfully perform laparoscopic kidney donation (Another first in the State) and send the Donor home in day 3 to full mobility. Recipient went home on day 10 and has now Completed 5 months and even received the Covid- 19 Vaccination. He has now resumed duty in Konkan Railway Corporation.
Laparoscopic nephrectomy donors experienced significantly shorter hospitalizations, less pain, felt able to return to work and normal routines sooner, and needed significantly less assistance during the recuperation period than did open nephrectomy donors.’ This is the conclusion of international experts and this technique has been available in major cities in India for several years now but never done in Goa.
“Goan patients suffering from the end-stage renal disease will now have the state of art facilities for renal transplant. Laparoscopic donor harvesting of kidneys will save the donor from much pain and discomfort compared to the open operation. As it is, they are doing a noble act of donating their organ to a loved one. The process should therefore be conducted least painfully” said Dr. Deepak Dubey, HOD & Consultant- Urology, Robotic Surgery and Renal Transplantation