AIIMS Performs Successful Kidney Transplant on India’s Youngest Organ Recipient

AIIMS Performs Successful Kidney Transplant on India’s Youngest Organ Recipient

A team of doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has successfully performed an en bloc kidney transplant surgery on a five-year-old boy, who became the youngest organ recipient in India. Youngest Organ Recipient in India “The boy was suffering from chronic kidney failure for around one-and-a-half years and was continuously … Read more

EXPLAINED: What is En-Bloc Kidney Transplant?

EXPLAINED: What is En-Bloc Kidney Transplant?

New Delhi: First of all, both kidneys of a minor organ donor have been successfully transplanted into five-year-old Manroop Bawa. The procedure, known as en bloc kidney transplantation, was performed here at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The donor in this case was a 16-month-old baby who was declared brain dead at … Read more