Kidney Transplant In Kerala Government Hospital : Successful kidney transplant has been done in a district-level hospital in Kerala. Let us tell you that according to the state government, this is the first achievement of its kind in India in which organ transplant surgery has been done in a district level government hospital. After this achievement, the Kerala State Health Department gave information in a statement saying that the surgery was done on Sunday at the General Hospital in Ernakulam.
50 year old woman donated kidney to her 28 year old son
The statement also said that a 50-year-old woman has donated a kidney to her 28-year-old son. According to the statement, the condition of both is improving after the surgery. Taking pride in the achievement in Kerala’s public health infrastructure, the state government claims that this is the first time that an organ transplant surgery was performed in a district level government hospital in India.
‘Inspiration to modernize health institutions’
Congratulating the doctors and staff, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that this achievement will prove to be an inspiration to further modernize the public health institutions of the state. Vijayan wrote on social media platform ‘X’, “Kerala’s public health sector achieved another important milestone with kidney transplantation at Ernakulam General Hospital. This is the first time that organ transplant surgery has been performed in a district level government hospital in India. “Congratulations to everyone who made this a remarkable achievement.”
Arrangement of modern facilities worth more than Rs 50 lakh
The health department said that the ‘Kerala State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation’ has recently granted registration and certification to the general hospital. The department said that the surgery took place in the super-speciality block, where modern facilities worth more than Rs 50 lakh had been arranged.