NIMS completes 2,000 kidney transplants in major milestone
Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad has completed 2,000 kidney transplants, marking a major milestone in the government healthcare sector. The hospital reported strong graft survival rates and said most transplant recipients benefited through Aarogyasri and the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund
Hyderabad: The Department of Urology at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) on Friday announced the completion of 2,000 kidney transplants, making it one of the leading renal transplant centres in the country in the government healthcare sector.
The hospital’s renal transplant programme, which began with the first kidney transplant in 1989, achieved a unique milestone last year by completing the first robotic renal transplant in a government hospital setting in South India. In the last three years, NIMS surgeons had taken up 500 kidney transplants.
Apart from kidney transplantation, the Urology department performs nearly 11,000 urological surgeries annually, including more than 500 robotic surgeries conducted in the last three years.
For live related renal transplants taken up at NIMS, graft survival rates exceed 95 per cent at one year, remain above 90 per cent at three years and are approximately 85 per cent at five years. Cadaver renal transplant outcomes have also remained highly encouraging, with graft survival above 90 per cent at one year, above 85 per cent at three years and around 80 per cent at five years.
Nearly 95 per cent of the transplant recipients benefited free of cost through the Aarogyasri Healthcare Scheme and Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, Head of Renal Transplant Program at NIMS and Head of the Department of Urology, Rahul Devraj, said.
