THE first kidney transplant operation was performed at Nay Pyi Taw General Hospital (1,000- bed) on 11 December.
Union Minister for Health Dr Thet Khaing Win comforted the patient and donor yesterday morning.
The patient was from Pyinmana township, and his father donated a kidney for him. The kidney recipient and donor were in good condition and under medical care at the intensive care unit.
The kidney transplant operations are conducted every month at Yangon Sepciality Hospital (500-bed), and the Ministry of Health arranges to perform the operations at Nay Pyi Taw General Hospital (1,000-bed) normally.
The completed renal transplant operation was performed by seven teams—urine and kidney operation team, urine and kidney treatment team, heart and coronary artery operation team, anaesthetic team, diagnostic team, blood and blood supplies team, and X-ray team, consisting of medics and nurses from Nay Pyi Taw General Hospital (1,000-bed), Yangon Speciality Hospital (500-bed), No 2 Defence Services General Hospital (1,000-bed), Yangon and Mandalay General Hospitals. — MNA/KTZH
