Third kidney transplant of patient Laxman Kishore Chaudhary at Shaheed Dharmabhakta National Transplantation Center
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The doctors and staff of Shaheed Dharmabhakta National Transplant Center were very happy to know the results of a medical report on Saturday morning. The report was that the patient Laxman Kishore Chaudhary passed three liters of urine on Friday. Dr. reached the post-operation room of the hospital in Bhaktapur to see the details of the patient's progress. Pukar Shrestha's eyes sparkled with joy. This is the third time he has had a kidney transplant. In this way, the third transplant is the first in Nepal. Shrestha said, 'Every time the transplant becomes more complicated, the risk is higher, despite this, we have successfully transplanted.'
Although the hospital has transplanted 1,500 kidneys in 13 years of its establishment, only 20 people have been transplanted for the second time. The third transplant was done for the first time in the country on August 9. Chaudhary, a kidney transplant recipient, is a member of the state assembly of the Civil Liberation Party and a former minister of the Sudurpaschim state government. "After the second kidney transplant stopped working, I resigned last March for treatment," Choudhary says, "After the operation, my health is returning to normal, I hope to return home soon." At that time Dr. Pukar had just returned from London and was starting transplant services at Veer Hospital. Chaudhary could not believe that there would be treatment in Nepal. "I went to Lucknow, India and had a transplant, it cost 30 lakhs," he says. At that time, Chaudhary did not go to Lucknow and came directly to Bhaktapur because of the news that many others were transplanted cheaply and easily. "At that time, I was suffering from pneumonia, I was coughing up blood," Chaudhary remembers, "And yet, the doctors only laid the patient in the operating area without making me unconscious. This was the second time for me." This time he reached Bhaktapur without any hesitation. In the first transplant, his mother Surat Kumari donated a kidney. The second time was given by younger sister Asarfi Chaudhary. The third time was given by his wife Saraswati Chaudhary.
Since the wife and her blood group were different, it was not possible to transplant one's kidney directly into the other's. This time, Choudhary used the legal facility of transplanting kidneys by exchanging kidneys with other patients with similar blood groups. His wife donated a kidney to Amrita, daughter of Harimaya Gurung of Pokhara. In exchange, Harimaya gave her husband Chaudhary a kidney. "We transplanted the recipient two and the donor two together on the same day," said Dr. Shrestha said.
If the transplant is successful, the patient can urinate normally. Amrita, who was transplanted together, had passed urine for two days, but Chaudhary's urine could not be opened. After seeing that, his elder sister Parvati, who was waiting, left the room and went crying to Dr. Pukar. It's his third time, it takes time. Shrestha reminded, 'Be patient for a few days.'
A week after the transplant, Amrita was discharged and went home. Laxman's urine has almost returned to normal. This happiness has erased the sadness on the face of sister Parvati. "He will also go home in a few days" Dr. Shrestha said, "Because it is the third transplant, the patient needs intensive monitoring to see if any complications may occur, otherwise it is time to send others in his condition." This treatment is a collective and proud achievement for the medical field of Nepal. Shrestha's analysis.
