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Cadaveric heart and lung as well as liver and pancreas transplants are being planned and will be implemented in the UAE soon, said a senior nephrologist.
In an interview with Khaleej Times, Dr Mona Al Rukhaimi, the first female nephrologist in the UAE, said that the transplants were part of UAE's multi-disciplinary Organ Transplant Programme which is in its third phase now.
Timeline > First live related transplant was done in 1985 in Abu Dhabi Central Hospital > First cadaveric transplant in 1989 > Transplant law was passed in 1993 > Total 62 patients were given transplants in phase 1 including two cadaveric. Patients flew in from Sudan and Yemen > SKMC programme started in 2008 until now - 138 cases of live related donors and two cadaveric donated from Saudi Arabia |
From Saudi Arabia to Dubai It was after a six-hour long journey that a plane from Saudi Arabia carrying the kidney that would save the life of a young Emirati mother arrived at Dubai Airport. Landing at 1.30am, a medical team rushed the harvested organ from a deceased Saudi donor to the hospital within six minutes where a 10-member team was ready to perform the surgery. "This is a good average as compared to Ireland where it takes between 14 hours to transplant the first kidney and 20 hours for the second," said Dr David Hickey, who led the team in Dubai. The patient is recuperating at Mediclinic City Hospital and is expected to be discharged soon. "Her creatinine levels are under control which is a good sign." However, she will have to take immunosuppressant medicines lifelong to stop her body from rejecting the new organ. Life expectancy for such cases is up to 14 years if a healthy lifestyle is followed and medicine is taken regularly. |
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