Gleneagles Global Health City Achieves Milestone of 504 Kidney Transplants
The Youngest transplants recipient was a 3-year-old girl and the Oldest was a 68-year-old male 47% of kidney donors are mothers, Seeks public awareness for organ donation Chennai, 28th March 2023: Gleneagles Global Health City has announced its successful completion of 504 kidney transplants . The Department of Nephrology & Renal Transplantation has to date performed kidney transplants for both paediatrics and adults with 22 transplants comprising babies and children and 482 adults. Of the 482 adults, 156 were women recipients and 348 constituted men. To commemorate this milestone, eminent guest Sri Tenkasi S Jawahar, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary & Project Director, World Bank Aided Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation Project participated in the celebration with the Kidney transplant donors and recipients. The participants talked about how their lives had returned to normal after having a kidney transplant. Press meet videoЁЯСЗЁЯСЗ “We are proud to state the Depa...