Patient receives free kidney transplant at Madurai GRH

Venkatesh (27) had met with an accident recently and was admitted in the private hospital where he was declared brain dead. His kin agreed to donate the organs and based on the written agreement the organs were sent to various donors in different parts of the state. 

Meanwhile, in Madurai the recipient Jeyabharat, son of Sekar, running a saloon at Thathaneri in Madurai, had suffered a kidney failure. Jayabharat had gone to work in Malaysia. There he is said to have had frequent bouts of fever and headache. Though he had undergone several tests doctors did not find anything amiss. 

As his health did not improve he returned to India in 2013. He was admitted in a private hospital where he was diagnosed with kidney failure. He began treatment and underwent dialysis regularly. But there was no improvement. It was then he approached Madurai GRH for treatment and was informed about organ transplantation. As advised by doctors he registered for an organ transplantation at the Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu (TANSTAN) recently. 

As the organs donated by Venkatesh matched with that of Jeyabharath, doctors at the GRH contacted the private hospital at Tiruchirappalli via TANSTAN. 

The doctors at the Tiruchy private hospital agreed for the transplantation and had the kidney sent through a Green Corridor to Madurai. Transplantation surgery was carried out immediately at the Madurai GRH. 

Doctors at Madurai GRH claimed that it was the first time that an organ was transplanted on a recipient at GRH. 

“Usually only those who were admitted in private hospitals would receive organs. They would be forced to shell out huge sum of money. But this time a patient at GRH had received an organ free of cost,” they said. 

The surgery was done under the Chief Minister’s comprehensive health insurance scheme. The patient is recovering well after the surgery and is constantly being monitored by a team of doctors, informed authorities at the GRH.