Guwahati Medical College achieves milestone with First Successful Cadaver Kidney Transplant

Guwahati: The Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) recently marked a significant milestone by completing its first cadaver kidney transplant. 

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is also the Health Minister, said on Saturday that, after the family members of a brain-dead patient donated two kidneys of the brain dead patient, an expert doctors team at Guwahati Medical College and Hospital successfully did a kidney transplant to two other patients.  

He further said, "We will also try to conduct a liver transplant in Guwahati."

The Assam Chief Minister also said that the GMCH doctors also successfully gave birth to a child through IVF.  

As per a media report in the TOI, the surgery was conducted on June 8 by a team of GMCH doctors, headed by Dr Sasanka Kumar Barua of the urology department. The team included Dr P K Bagchi, Dr Debanga Sarma Dr Manjuri Sarma and a team of doctors from the anaesthesia department.

"The GMCH doctors transplanted embryos to 36 and 8 women were pregnant and conducted one cesarean birth. In GMCH the cost of IVF is around Rs 75,000 to Rs 1 lakh. 28 bone marrow transplant also done at GMCH," Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma said, news agency ANI reported.

He further said that more than 53,000 patients get benefits from PM schemes at GMCH.

The Assam Chief Minister on Saturday reviewed the progress works at GMCH.