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Kidney patients undergo successful transplant in India
Twenty-three-year-old Sudarshanie Laljie, of Best Village on the West Coast of Demerara, is counting her lucky stars after undergoing a successful kidney transplant surgery in India.
The young woman first discovered that she had a kidney problem in September of 2005. She was diagnosed with End Stage Renal Failure shortly afterwards in Canada.
Through the intervention of Kids First Fund, Laljie successfully underwent the transplant in India in May of this year.
When the young woman’s parents found out that their daughter would need a donor, Laljie’s father immediately volunteered to give his daughter one of his kidneys.
When questioned on how she felt when the news was told to her about her condition, Laljie said that it didn’t bother her because she knew she isn’t the first and wouldn’t be the last person to be diagnosed with a kidney problem.
Now that she is back in Guyana, Laljie noted, she is like any ordinary person.
“I wouldn’t say it has changed my life that much. The only thing is that I have to constantly keep records of my blood pressure, I have to check my temperature, take medication often, monitor my fluid intake, and I have to be on a strict diet. So I wouldn’t say that it has changed my life, I’m still a normal person,” Laljie said.
The cost for the surgery and all related arrangements amounted to US$30,000; and with the help of the business community and relatives, the family was successful in raising the money.
Kids First Fund assisted by facilitating the entire process. Laljie noted that she has to use eight sets of medications every day for the rest of her life.
The medication, she says, is very expensive and is essential to ensure the success of the transplant.
A year’s supply of the medicine amounts to approximately US$5,000.
Meanwhile, when questioned if the Kids First organization will be working with local officials to facilitate any kidney transplants here in Guyana, since the first one was completed at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Saturday, head of the organization, Ms. Varshnie Singh, said that Guyana does not have the capacity to conduct the surgery.
“Guyana is not equipped or has the expertise to do the kinds of open heart surgery or the most complex types of heart problems. We are not going to be ready to do that for some time; so, until such time we can do it properly in Guyana, we will have to continue to use other avenues”, Singh said.
She, however, admitted that it will be very beneficial if the surgery can be done in Guyana.
“But, of course, the benefits of doing it in Guyana are not just monetary, but it helps in terms of recovery, and being in familiar surroundings, and having your family around you, it all helps in the recovery process,” the former First Lady noted.
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