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RENAL TRANSPLANTATION: A SIGH OF RELIEF

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Chronic Kidney Disease is a global pandemic and every tenth person in the world is suffering from chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Diabetes and hypertension are the leading causes of CKD and account for 2/3rd of the cases. Due to paucity of definitive symptoms in the early stages, CKD largely remains undetected till it reaches the advanced stage. Therefore, over 50% of the patients report to the nephrologist for the first time when they have reached last stage of CKD. For these patients with end stage Kidney Disease the treatment options are only dialysis or transplantation. Renal transplantation is the treatment modality of choice, as it not only improves longevity, quality of life; but is also cost effective in the long run. Primus hospital is providing comprehensive care to Kidney Disease patients. The hospital has got state of art dialysis and transplant set up and is doing close to 2000 haemodialysis per month. The experienced and competent transplant team is active in the field of