Bheri Hospital launches kidney transplant service

Kathmandu: The Bheri Hospital in Nepalgunj has launched the service for kidney transplant beginning today.

Hospital’s chief and medical superintendent, Dr. Nirajan Subedi said this is the first time the hospital is transplanting kidney on two patients. The transplantations are to be carried out serially.

A 14-member team led by Dr Pukar Chandra Shrestha from Shahid Dharmabhakta National Transplant Center (SDNTC) has already arrived here because of the launch of the service. With the hospital starting the facility, patients in need of having kidney transplant need to travel far.

The hospital has planned to undertake at least on transplant in a month and the service will be expanded gradually. A team comprising urology specialist Dr Dipesh Gupta, anesthetist Dr Paras Pandey, nephrologist Dr Shaurav Hamal, urologist Dr Anjit Phuyal, and Dialysis in-charge Dr Pareash Shrestha has been assigned to handle the transplant department. Presently, 20-25 kidney patients receive dialysis facility on a daily-basis.

The transplant has been available at a very minimum cost, Dr Subedi said. In addition to the kidney transplant service, Bheri Hospital has recently launched several other facilities, including a six-bed burn ward, a 20-bed surgical ward, a 16-bed post-operative ward, and a new outpatient department (OPD).

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