STATE : On Monday, the first-ever kidney transplant in the state of Tripura was successfully conducted at AGMC & GBP Hospital, Agartala. The recipient, Subham Sutradhar (20), received a kidney donated by his mother, Munna Saha Sutradhar. Both mother and son are reported to be in stable condition. This historic medical milestone was announced by the Medical Superintendent of GBP Hospital during a press conference at Agartala Government Medical Hospital.

The Medical Superintendent informed the entire process of the kidney transplant has been performed by the doctors of Tripura and Shija Hospital and Research Institute, Manipur. The entire cost of the transplant has been borne by the state government. Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha has thanked the doctors for this achievement.

The Medical Superintendent also said the Chief Minister has always been giving his support to ensure advanced treatment facilities in the state. For this kidney transplant very recently the state government had signed a five-year MoU with Shija Hospitals. For this transplant, twelve doctors from Manipur led by the consultant nephrologist Guliver Potsangbam had come down to Tripura. The state Government has also borne all the expenses incurred for their visit to the state. They will be coming to Tripura again in the future if necessary for another transplant. The transplantation process started at 9 am and ended at around 2.30 pm.

From Tripura’s side in the team were Dr. Bijit Lodh, Dr. Mukut Debnath, Dr. Manas Gope, Dr. Samaresh Paul, Dr. Tapan Debbarma, Dr. Bhaskar Majumder, Dr. Anupam Majumder, Nursing officer Diptanu Sutradhar, Kishan Deb, Sumita Sinha, Prasenjit Mahajan, Nabajit Tripura. In the observation team were nursing in-charge Tapati Chakraborty, and transplant co-ordinator Himadri Kar. The team of OT technicians included Ratan Mani Debbarma and Dipak Chakraborty.