Bangladeshi Girl Donates Kidney To Son After Each Defeat COVID-19 In Kolkata

Kolkata:

Uttam Kumar Ghosh, a Bangladeshi nationwide, obtained a brand new lease of life in Kolkata after his mom donated considered one of her kidneys to him, however his survival story is not only a case of organ transplant, as each needed to get the higher of COVID-19 earlier than the surgical procedure.

Mr Ghosh, 38, got here to Kolkata together with his mom Kalpana and different relations in January to get himself handled for kidney illnesses.

Authorities at RN Tagore Worldwide Institute of Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS) stated after crucial clearance from the well being division, docs fastened a date in March for Mr Ghosh’s surgical procedure, however the sudden imposition of lockdown stalled the plan.

The household breathed a sigh of reduction when the Union Well being Ministry issued an advisory recommending emergency transplant surgical procedures throughout lockdown. Nonetheless, they had been once more upset as checks confirmed the mother-son duo had contracted COVID-19.

Each of them had been despatched to the state government-run MR Bangur Hospital for remedy, stated Dr DS Ray, the pinnacle of the nephrology division at RTIICS.

“Kumar and his mom had been launched from the federal government hospital on June 12 following their restoration. We waited for one more three-and-a-half weeks and requested them to remain below house quarantine. After conducting two rounds of checks to make sure they had been cured of COVID-19, we determined to go ahead with the transplant,” Dr Ray stated.

Each the donor and the recipient are recuperating properly and have been discharged from the hospital, the nephrology division head at RTIICS stated.

“Uttam is doing wonderful and we hope he recuperates as per our expectations. He has been suggested to go to the hospital for crucial checkups. The mom and the son have been advised to remain right here for the following couple of months,” Dr Ray added.