Kidney Transplantation

Kidney Transplantation

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Amrita Hospital, Kochi, over a very short span of a few years, has been able to offer kidney transplantation with state-of-the-art facilities to over 800 patients at a low cost. Out of this 38 are paediatric kidney transplants. The institute accepts only first-degree relatives as kidney donors for their near ones. So far, the transplant unit has carried out 69 deceased donor (Cadaver Donor) transplantations as well.

In India, more than 1,00,000 new patients develop end stage renal disease every year. At least half of these patients are fit to undergo kidney transplantation. Of these 50,000 patients, about 3500 to 4000 undergo kidney transplantation in our country every year; the remaining do not have a suitable related donor to donate a kidney. The only way to help these unfortunate patients is to increase cadaver organ donation.

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Evaluation of Donor and Recipient

The first-degree relative donors (parents, siblings, and children) or spouse has to be a healthy adult of either gender, between 20 and 60 years of age.

  • Initially a psychological evaluation is done by Medical Social Worker and Transplant Co-Ordinator to access the mental status and readiness to undergo Kidney Transplantation.
  • Recipients are seen by various specialties to determine whether all the other organ systems are normal.
  • Evaluation of donors is done by Nephrology, Urology, Anaesthesiology, Vascular surgery, Cardiology, Gynaecology (for female donors) and other relevant specialities.

Amrita Hospital has well equipped and most modern operation theaters where very experienced and qualified Anesthesiology, Urology and Vascular surgery teams work helps to provide a safe surgical procedure for patients. Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (removal of kidney using laparoscope) procedure reduces the length of the operative scar and pain associated with surgery; this allows the kidney donor to get discharged early and resume his/her activities.

Transplant recipients are followed up on a regular basis by the transplant team

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Phone: 0484 - 2851234, 0484 - 6681234

Email: renaltransplantcoordinator@aims.amrita.edu

Doctors

Dr. Rajesh R Nair
Clinical Professor and Head
MD, DNB, DM, FRCP (Lon), FRCP (Edin)
Dr. George Kurian
Clinical Professor
MD, DM
Dr. Anil Mathew
Clinical Professor
MD, DNB
Dr. Zachariah Paul
Clinical Assistant Professor
MD, DM
Dr. K. V. Sanjeevan
Clinical Professor and Head
MS, MCh (Urology)
Dr. Ginil Kumar P
Clinical Professor-Urooncologist and Robotic Surgeon
MS (Gen Surgery), M Ch (Urology), DNB (Urology), MNAMS (Urology)
Dr. Georgie Mathew
Clinical Professor
MS, MCh (Urology)

Overview

Amrita Hospital, Kochi, over a very short span of a few years, has been able to offer kidney transplantation with state-of-the-art facilities to over 800 patients at a low cost. Out of this 38 are paediatric kidney transplants. The institute accepts only first-degree relatives as kidney donors for their near ones. So far, the transplant unit has carried out 69 deceased donor (Cadaver Donor) transplantations as well.

In India, more than 1,00,000 new patients develop end stage renal disease every year. At least half of these patients are fit to undergo kidney transplantation. Of these 50,000 patients, about 3500 to 4000 undergo kidney transplantation in our country every year; the remaining do not have a suitable related donor to donate a kidney. The only way to help these unfortunate patients is to increase cadaver organ donation.

Services Offered

Evaluation of Donor and Recipient

The first-degree relative donors (parents, siblings, and children) or spouse has to be a healthy adult of either gender, between 20 and 60 years of age.

  • Initially a psychological evaluation is done by Medical Social Worker and Transplant Co-Ordinator to access the mental status and readiness to undergo Kidney Transplantation.
  • Recipients are seen by various specialties to determine whether all the other organ systems are normal.
  • Evaluation of donors is done by Nephrology, Urology, Anaesthesiology, Vascular surgery, Cardiology, Gynaecology (for female donors) and other relevant specialities.

Amrita Hospital has well equipped and most modern operation theaters where very experienced and qualified Anesthesiology, Urology and Vascular surgery teams work helps to provide a safe surgical procedure for patients. Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (removal of kidney using laparoscope) procedure reduces the length of the operative scar and pain associated with surgery; this allows the kidney donor to get discharged early and resume his/her activities.

Transplant recipients are followed up on a regular basis by the transplant team

Contact Us

Phone: 0484 - 2851234, 0484 - 6681234

Email: renaltransplantcoordinator@aims.amrita.edu

Doctors

Dr. Rajesh R Nair
Clinical Professor and Head
MD, DNB, DM, FRCP (Lon), FRCP (Edin)
Dr. George Kurian
Clinical Professor
MD, DM
Dr. Anil Mathew
Clinical Professor
MD, DNB
Dr. Zachariah Paul
Clinical Assistant Professor
MD, DM
Dr. K. V. Sanjeevan
Clinical Professor and Head
MS, MCh (Urology)
Dr. Ginil Kumar P
Clinical Professor-Urooncologist and Robotic Surgeon
MS (Gen Surgery), M Ch (Urology), DNB (Urology), MNAMS (Urology)
Dr. Georgie Mathew
Clinical Professor
MS, MCh (Urology)