Kaski, June 24 (RSS) : The Paschimanchal Regional Hospital
under the Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS) has conducted kidney
transplantation for the first time.
The kidney transplantation was
conducted on a 53-year-old woman from Annapurna Rural Municipality in the
district on Thursday. She was donated the organ by her husband.
It took four hours for a team of
specialist doctors to transplant the kidney. The Hospital has however
maintained the names of the organ donor and recipient anonymous.
Executive Director at PAHS, Prof Dr
Bharat Bahadur Khatri shared the happiness that kidney transplantation was
conducted successfully with the cooperation of Martyr Dharmabhakta National
Transplantation Centre, Bhaktapur and the Academy. Centre's Dr Pukar Chandra
Shrestha and PAHS' Dr Prakash Chhetri, Dr Anup Chapagain, Dr Maya Lama, Dr Juju
Shrestha and Dr Amrit KC were involved in the organ transplantation.
Earlier, kidney patients from
Pokhara city and Gandaki Province had to visit the federal capital, Kathmandu, for transplantation.
The PAHS got permission from
the Human Organ Transplantation Coordination Secretariat under the Health
Service Department on June 17, according to Information Officer, Suman
Bhattarai. The PAHS had made an agreement with the Martyr Dharmabhakta National
Transplantation Centre for its role to provide necessary human resources to
conduct the transplantation.
The Hospital has said the entire cost
of the operation was free. Expansion of this new service has been planned by
the Hospital.
It is said there are around 500
kidney patients receiving dialyses service every day in Pokhara.