A TEAM of general medical practitioners from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), headed by a Guyanese-born transplant surgeon from Canada, has performed a successful kidney transplant on a 24-year-old man. The team was spearheaded by transplant surgeon, Dr. Kishore Persaud, who is a product of the University of Calgary in Canada. The university cooperated with the GPH and its team of doctors, making their first surgery a success. The operation was free of cost.
Dr. Persaud, after being approached by kidney transplant patients from GPH, decided to put together a team of local doctors, the majority being general practitioners, and staff of the hospital.
The team which was under intense training for about five months was able to successfully pull off their first kidney transplant surgery on Monday, and more surgeries are planned for November.
“We (team) are hoping that the new administration will provide us with the support of such service for a long-term benefit for the entire country,” said Dr. Kishore.
The general practitioners told this publication that the possibility exists for further training in transplant surgery so one day they would become renowned transplant surgeons.
Thus far, ten patients are lined up for kidney transplant surgeries for the next few months, and four of them are scheduled for November. All ten of the patients already have kidney donors. (Shivanie Sugrim)