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Transplant panel covering Mangaluru, Udupi may get co-ord committee

Transplant panel covering Mangaluru, Udupi may get co-ord committee


Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, July 5, 2015: Briefing media July 4,  A J Hospital and Research Centre Medical Director, Urologist and Transplant Surgeon Dr Prashanth Marla said that it has been decided to impress upon the State government   to put in place a  West ZCCK -  ’West Zonal Coordination Committee of Transplantation, Karnataka’, covering Mangaluru and Udupi,  to benefit people of the coastal regions. 

The proposal is in its infancy, with the Zonal Coordination Committee of Transplantation, Karnataka, functioning in Bengaluru, patients from this region have to register in Bengaluru.  If a  ZCCK unit is set up here, more number of patients who are in need of organ transplant can register their names and avail the benefits. This will also help in creating awareness on cadaveric transplant in the coastal region.

Dr Marla said the kidney of Leena Binoy (42), who was delared brain dead July 3,  has given a fresh lease of life to a 32-year-old man from Udupi, who was suffering from renal failure and was on dialysis for the last one year. With this, the first ever cadaveric kidney transplantation was done successfully, at A J Hospital and Research Centre in Mangaluru. The recipient is doing fine following the surgery.

The transplanted kidney has started functioning immediately and the recipient would be discharged soon. Nephrologist Dr Sushanth said only if a patient is declared brain dead can his/her organs be retrieved.

ZCCK guidelines mandate that a team of doctors including a neurosurgeon / neuro-physician, the treating doctor; a specialist and the Medical Superintendent of the hospital should decide if the patient is brain-dead or not. Twenty four hour after a head injury only an assessment can come if no brain activity is determined.

The second declaration is made after six hours of the first declaration. In this latest case, after the family of Binoy wished for cadaveric organ donation, we immediately conveyed to the ZCCK. After necessary legal clearances, the Organ Retrieval Team of ZCCK came from Bengaluru to retrieve the organs. In the meantime, list of our patients who had registered under ZCCK was activated and we identified the recipient from the same blood group and informed him at 2 pm.

As per the ZCCK guidelines, one kidney will be given to the hospital where it is retrieved for transplant and another for ZCCK list.  Dr Marla said there is a need for 25,000 kidney transplants every year, but on the contrary 3,500 transplants only are done per year in India. An increased awareness among people regarding organ donation will help in future for those who need organ replacement.

From January to June, under ZCCK, 40 cadaveric kidney has been transplanted. Brain-dead cases are mostly reported after road accidents, where victims are rushed to hospitals in a critical state.

If about 20 per cent of such people’s relatives wish for cadaveric organ donation, it will help significant number of patients and relieve suffering.


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