Chennai: Apollo Hospitals has successfully completed kidney transplants and saved the lives of two people from Mauritius.
A hospital release here said the duo were in dire need of organ transplantation during the ongoing corona pandemic, which has significantly affected solid organ transplantations (SOT) worldwide.
Amid the pandemic, the expert team at Apollo Hospitals performed challenging kidney transplants recently on Ms Sounita Soomaroo (45) and Guneshan Munisamy (58) from Mauritius after they were referred by the Mauritius Health Ministry in March just before the first lockdown.
The deteriorating health conditions of both the patients indicated an exigent need for renal transplant. The extended lockdown in the city had kept them on wait.
However, the clinical team under D Saravan, Nephrologist and Dr Deepak Raghavan, Transplant Surgeon, ensured continuous care. After getting necessary permission from the State Government, they underwent the transplant in the first week of June.
Dr Deepak Ragavan said, “We felt it was prudent and after extensive counselling of the patients and their donors, and obtaining necessary clearance from Ministry of Health, Mauritius, we applied to Tamilnadu State Organ Transplant Committee and obtained the necessary permission for living related donor kidney transplant.”
“We did extensive research on the best international protocols in conducting solid organ transplant amidst the covid 19 pandemic and decided to proceed with the transplant”, he said.