Kidney Solutions performs successful live kidney transplant in Abuja

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kidneySolutions kidney disease and dialysis center Lagos had the 1st of its growing dialysis population of patients undergo a very successful live donor kidney transplantation today at the Garki Hospital Abuja.

“In a country as populous as Nigeria and with probably several hundred transplant procedures performed outside the country every year, there has been a dire need for capacity building to offer such services in Nigeria. There are already a large number of well trained Nigerian healthcare professionals trained in the best institutions in the world making efforts to be part of the healthcare revolution back home and this among other efforts sends home the point that where the right support and resources are applied, excellent medical care and outcomes can be achieved. Today marks the first of hopefully many other patients who will elect to have kidney transplantation surgery in Nigeria instead of having to go abroad” says Dr Anekwe.

While early efforts at prevention, early detection and active involvement of kidney specialists in the care of patients with kidney disease has an important role to play in reducing the physical and socioeconomic impact of such an emotionally devastating and expensive condition like kidney failure, there need to be the infrastructure and resource commitment in the country to cater for those patients who inexorably progress to end stage kidney failure despite best efforts or due to late detection. The identification and establishment of key centers for kidney transplantation across the country is key to capacity building and is sorely needed.

Experts from around the world and from within Nigeria were present for the procedure. The lead surgeon was Professor Nadey Hakim, a world renowned transplant and bariatric surgeon and former president of the International college of surgeons supported by Dr Miner, the chief Medical director of Garki Hospital, Dr Egbuna- a Harvard trained transplant nephrologist and Assistant Clinical professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, urologists, nephrologists, general surgeons, anaesthesiologists, nurses and technicians. All team members worked flawlessly on both the living kidney donor and the recipient to result in a successful and hitch free procedure.

Healthcare providers, patients and members of the general public interested in supporting patients or participating in the transplant program may contact the clinical administrator and senior medical officer-in-charge, Dr Aderemi Oladapo-Sanu at No 3 Tunde Gafar Close, Off Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja, Lagos or call at +2348034853935 or +2348115707684. More information can also be obtained by visiting the KidneySolutions website at http://www.kidney-solutions.com/.