Chennai, Jan. 22 -- Doctors at the Asian Institute of Nephrology and Urology (AINU) performed a challening live donor renal transplant procedure where a 70-year-old father stepped up to help his 31-year-old daughter. who was been battling End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).
The patient's journey began three years ago when they were in Malaysia before her first pregnancy, marked by early warning signs like pedal edema and hypertension, that went unaddressed.
By the time she arrived at AINU in December 2024, her condition was critical and the medical team faced a complex clinical scenario where the patient presented with CKD Stage 5, severe fluid overload, and life-threatening anaemia with a haemoglobin level of just 4 g/dL, a release from hosp...