GMC Jammu doctor performs first live kidney transplant in J&K

Jammu: The Government Medical College (GMC) has performed three successful live kidney transplants and earned the title of the first medical college in the UT of Jammu & Kashmir to do so.

The college has received praise from the public as well as many reputed individuals including Lt Governor Manoj Sinha tweeted by saying "GMC,#Jammu has become the first medical college in the UT to successfully perform #kidney transplant. Many congratulations to the team of doctors & nursing staff for this path-breaking achievement."

The transplantation process was performed on chronic kidney disease patients who were on dialysis. All the expenses of the surgery were covered under Ayushman Bharat Sehat Scheme.

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The team of the doctors included Dr. Elias Sharma Head of the Department of Urology, Dr. Rahul Gupta from Urology, Dr. Anjali Mehta and Dr. Ashwani Kumar from Anaesthesia, and Dr. Mozzain Iqbal and Dr. Anchal Kotwal from the Urology Department, GMC Jammu, Dr. Shailesh Raina from Jaslok Hospital Mumbai and Dr. Santosh Kumar from CMC Vellore. Medical Superintendent and Deputy Medical Superintendent of Super Speciality Hospital (SSH) also supported the efforts.