AIIMS, Delhi
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Expansion
Soon, the facility of kidney transplantation by robot will start in AIIMS. Currently, transplantation of organs is done in a normal way. After the arrival of robotic machine, the quality of transplantation will improve. Also, the recovery of the patient is expected to be faster.
At present, heart, liver, kidney and pancreas transplants are done in AIIMS. In this, liver transplant is done from the organs obtained from dead bodies, while kidney transplant is done from organs obtained from dead and living persons. Every year around 180 transplants are done. Among these, the highest number is of kidneys. Dr. Aarushi Krishna, Additional Professor of Surgery Department of AIIMS said that the robot is going to come soon. We are hoping that in the coming days, the facility of transplantation will start with the help of robotics.
Transplant facilities in the country will improve, there may be a change in the law
Only 10% of transplant facilities are available in the country as compared to the demand. The reason behind this problem is the lack of surgeons and the lack of organs in sufficient quantity. Work will be done towards improving both these problems. Surgeons who carry out transplants across the country have formed a society. A two-day conference of this Indian Society of Transplant Surgeons was held in AIIMS. In this, other issues including increasing the number of transplant surgeons, improving their quality, giving training etc. were discussed.
Awareness campaign will be conducted
During the discussion, the president of the event, Dr. VK Bansal said that the aim of the society is to increase the number of transplant surgeons across the country and improve their quality. Right now we have a huge shortage of surgeons with adequate organs. An awareness campaign will be run to overcome this challenge. More surgeons will be trained to overcome the shortage. Also, a demand has been made to the government to change the three-year law for transplantation. We are hoping that this time will be reduced. In the meeting, the member of Niti Aayog has also given assurance on this. He said that the curriculum of the society will come in the next three to six months.
Most hospitals do not have organ transplant facilities
During the conference of the society, Dr. VK Paul, member of the Policy Commission, was angry at the current system. He said that most of the government medical college hospitals in the country do not have organ transplant surgery. This is a matter of concern. There are 40-50 years old hospitals in the country’s capital, but the lack of transplant here also raises questions. A way will be found to start transplant in such hospitals. After internal brainstorming with the Union Health Ministry and the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization, a proposal has been prepared to start kidney transplant in 60 government hospitals and liver transplant in 25 hospitals in the country.
There will be a change in the course
The NITI Aayog member said that to overcome the shortage of organ transplant surgeons an Indian model will have to be developed by starting short term training like six months instead of two to three years of training. DNB course will have to be promoted. There are 612 hospitals registered for kidney transplant in the country. Out of these 535 are private hospitals and only 77 are government hospitals. Out of these also only around 35 government hospitals are actively doing kidney transplant. At the same time around 200 private hospitals and 22 government hospitals are doing liver transplant. There are around 300 government medical colleges in the country. Which includes 22 AIIMS.
