Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Sept 25: The Departments of Urology and Nephrology, Super Specialty Hospital Shireen Bagh, Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar has been given a go-ahead for performing the kidney transplantation while the first transplant is going to be conducted in November this year.
As per the details, the facilities in this regard have been inspected and the registration has been granted for performing the Kidney Transplantation in the UT of J&K, under the Transplantation of Human Organs Act & Tissues Act 1994.
The go-ahead has been given by the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare New Delhi.
Principal Prof Samia Rashid has expressed her happiness on the occasion and has congratulated both the departments and their HODs, Dr Syed Sajjad Nazi and Dr Tajamul Hussain Mir for their hard work in getting it approved, especially Dr Syed Sajjad Nazir HOD Urology, who in the last 4 years has been instrumental in getting the department of Urology recognised among the top institutions of the country.
In this regard, the GMC said that the process of conducting renal transplantation in Super Specialty Hospital Srinagar has started and the first kidney transplant is expected to start in November this year.
“Establishing another renal transplantation centre in Srinagar would be beneficial to chronic renal disease patients who require kidney transplantation and doesn’t need to wait or travel outside,” the GMC said.
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