New Delhi, Nov. 25 -- Safdarjung Hospital and Vardhman Mahavir Medical College on Tuesday said they successfully performed a kidney transplant on an 11-year-old Sultanpur boy who had been on dialysis.
Calling it a new milestone, the hospital said in a statement, "This is not only a first for Safdarjung Hospital, but also the first time that a paediatric renal transplant has been performed in any Central government hospital."Before the transplant procedure, the patient was undergoing dialysis treatment due to a birth defect in his kidneys. The boy had developed end-stage kidney disease due to a rare disorder known as bilateral hypodysplastic kidneys, a condition where both kidneys are smaller than usual because they have not fully developed...