By 1 2 1 News Reporter
Chandigarh 26th May: -- Kidney donation within family should be primarily encouraged to deal with problem of compatible kidneys needed for kidney transplantations. But with the advancement of science, we have come to a phase wherein even the incompatible kidneys are working wonders. This was stated by Chandigarh's Home Secretary, Anil Kumar while releasing a book on Incompatible Blood Type Kidney Transplant here today. Authored by Dr Priyadarshi Ranjan, the transplant surgeon at Fortis Hospital Mohali, the book release function also had Regional Director (North), Fortis Healthcare, Col Harinder Singh Chehal.
Speaking at the event UT Home Secretary, Anil Kumar said that need of this book was to quell fears in the mind of people who do not get compatible kidneys for kidney transplant operations. The book is the first in the country that elucidates how kidney transplant is possible even when donor and recipient have different blood groups. He added from successfully carrying out kidney transplants, highly skilled doctors are now even incompatible donor exchanges, thus giving hope to thousands of patients.
Having trained in the Incompatible Kidney Transplant Program from the prestigious Johns Hopkins, Dr Ranjan said, that Doctors across globe and also now in India have started transplanting kidneys across blood group. People need to be aware of these developments so that their miseries on dialysis can end by getting a kidney transplant. He added that provisions of Human Organ Transplant Act (HOTA) of India are very strict and they only allow close or blood relatives to donate a kidney to their loved ones. Additionally, since many families in today's date are nuclear, not many donors are available. We come across many patients every day whose family member is ready to donate a kidney, but since their blood groups do not match, they cannot get the transplant done, he revealed.
Talking about the kidney transplant programme at Fortis Hospital Mohali, Col Harinder Singh Chehal said the book, which has been written in simple language, will be distributed free of cost. On the occasion, three patients who benefitted from incompatible type kidney transplant at Fortis Mohali shared their experiences. Patients Om Prakash, Santosh Kumari and Saroj got a new lease of life as they received a kidney transplant, which was previously deemed impossible for years.
Dr Ranjan said that in India, we have just started to take on these highly specialized kidney transplant surgeries, whereas in developed centers of world, it has now become a standard. He added that until now, a transplant patient could only receive an organ from someone with a compatible blood type. An organ from an incompatible blood type would be perceived as foreign and vulnerable to attack by the recipient's natural antibodies. Now, through a process of immune conditioning, a recipient is able to receive a kidney from a donor of a different blood type.
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