Sushma Swaraj Discharged From AIIMS Post Kidney Transplant Surgery

The External Affairs Minister underwent a kidney transplant surgery on Saturday.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (Photo: Reuters)

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was discharged from the AIIMS hospital on Monday, after undergoing a kidney transplant surgery on Saturday.

According to the statement from the hospital, Swaraj has been recovering well after the surgery.

Swaraj received a kidney from a “living, unrelated donor”.

Doctors at AIIMS had earlier said that Swaraj’s recovery was being closely monitored by a team of transplant surgeons, physicians (endocrinologist, nephrologist, cardiologist and pulmonologist) and anaesthetists, besides critical care experts, physiotherapists and transplant specialists.

Living unrelated donor could be anyone who is emotionally attached to the recipient, such as a friend, a relative, a neighbour, or an in-law. As no suitable donor was available in the immediate family, the transplant will be done with the kidney from a living unrelated donor.

Sources at AIIMS on Friday

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"HLA-matching test in case of an unrelated donor is not essential. We have performed the crossmatch and a series of blood and immunological tests, and have found both of them fit for the procedure," a doctor said on Friday.

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According to doctors, Swaraj has been suffering from diabetes for a while now. She was put on maintenance dialysis after her kidney failed. 

On 16 November, Swaraj had tweeted that she was in AIIMS because of kidney failure.

Apart from the surgeons who performed the transplant surgery, a team of doctors from other departments had also been constituted to monitor her health.

The team comprises Head of Endocrinology Nikhil Tandon, Head of Pulmonary Medicine Randeep Guleria, Chief of Cardio Thoracic and Head of Nephrology Sandeep Mahajan.

The 64-year-old minister was admitted to AIIMS on 7 November following months of ill-health.

(With inputs from PTI)