Dr. H. S. Bhatyal
Advisor & Sr. Consultant
Urology, Andrology & Renal
Transplant
BLK Super Speciality
Hospital, New Delhi
Dr. Sunil Prakash
Sr. Consultant & Director
Nephrology & Renal
Transplant Services
BLK Super Speciality
Hospital, New Delhi
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Pande
Director & Sr. Consultant
BLK Centre for Critical Care
BLK Super Speciality
Hospital, New Delhi
BLK doctors perform Tanzania’s fi rst ever Kidney
Transplant
A team of experienced doctors from BLK Super Speciality Hospital
in partnership with Muhimbili National Hospital at Dar Es Salaam
performed the fi rst ever Kidney Transplantation in Tanzania. This is
one of the most signifi cant milestones in Tanzania’s medical history.
In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision that India will
stand ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with the continent in its race towards
a brighter future, BLK Super Speciality Hospital has been working
towards knowledge sharing, transfer of skills and capacity building
with the objective of building the African region as an advanced
healthcare destination.
THE CASE
A 30-year old Tanzanian lady was suffering from end stage kidney
disease and was on haemodialysis for over a year. Her only hope for
survival without dialysis was a Kidney Transplant, something that
has never ever been performed in her country. Luckily for her, she
didn’t have to struggle to fi nd the donor as her 27-year old brother
stepped up selfl essly to donate one of his kidneys to save her life. As
BLK Super Speciality Hospital has been working with Muhimbili
National Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, it decided to take up the herculean
task of performing what would become the fi rst ever successful Kidney
Transplant in Tanzania.
THE PROCEDURE
Led by Dr. H. S. Bhatyal, Advisor & Sr. Consultant, Urology, Andrology
& Renal Transplant along with Dr. Sunil Prakash, Sr. Consultant &
Director, Nephrology & Renal Transplant Services and supported by
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Pande, Director & Sr. Consultant, Critical Care;
Dr. Anil Handoo, Director, Lab Services and Dr. Manu Varshney,
Associate Consultant, Anaesthesia from BLK Super Speciality
Hospital and Dr. Jacqueline Shoo and Dr. Kisanga from the Nephrology
Department at Muhimbili National Hospital, the painstaking task of
the transplantation was conducted without any complication.
THE RESULT
Both the donor and the recipient recuperated well under supervision.
After explaining the care that the recipient and the donor need to
take and the importance of taking timely medicines, the brother and
sister got discharged and both of them have now resumed their normal
activities.
The Health Minister of Tanzania Ms. Ummi Mwalimu expressed that
the success of this Kidney Transplant laid a noble foundation for the
introduction of other organ transplantations in the country, bringing
hope to a number of patients waiting for transplant operations in the
African nation.