AIIMS Delhi performs first dual kidney transplant of 78-year-old woman

The Department of Surgical Disciplines and Department of Nephrology of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in collaboration with ORBO performed the first dual kidney transplant of a 78-year-old lady on December 22, last year.

Additional Professor of Surgery AIIMS, New Delhi, Dr Asuri Krishna who performed the surgery said



that the donor was a 78-year-old lady who was admitted to AIIMS Trauma Centre on December 19 with a severe head injury from falling a fall from stairs and was declared brain dead.

When asked about the challenges she faced during the surgery Dr Asuri Krishna said that the major challenge was placing two kidneys on the patient’s right side.