The Government Stanley Hospital observed World Kidney Day by felicitating renal transplant patients leading a healthy life for over 15 years after the transplant.
The Department of Nephrology has performed 949 renal transplantations since its inception, with 794 of them receiving a kidney from a live related donor and 155 from deceased donors. Every month, 2,000 haemodialysis procedures are done at the department, and people are screened for renal failure risk factors. Chennai North MP Kalanidhi Veerasamy and Muthu Jayaram, founder and former head of the Department of Nephrology at the hospital, participated.
