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For the tiny squad of module and postgraduate medicos astatine the Paediatric Nephrology section astatine SAT Hospital, the past fewer weeks person been rather hectic. The State’s lone dedicated paediatric renal attraction centre celebrated its first-ever paediatric renal transplant connected January 13, erstwhile 1 of its young end-stage renal illness patients was transplanted with a kidney from her paternal grandfather.
The squad was conducting follow-up tests, monitoring the kid and moving outpatient (OP) clinic, erstwhile connected Thursday (February 14, 2026) nighttime Kerala State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (K-SOTTO) authorities enquired if the section had immoderate children connected the exigency renal transplant database to person 2 tiny kidneys from a deceased donor.
The 10-year-old girl, who received some kidneys of nine-month-old Aalin, the deceased donor, had been connected attraction haemodialysis astatine SAT infirmary since the past one-and-a-half years
There are vascular, anatomical arsenic good arsenic surgical complications progressive erstwhile big kidneys are transplanted successful children, particularly successful those who measurement little than 20 kg. The renal transplant connected Friday was frankincense rather unusual, the donor being a young infant.
“We person 40 children connected the transplant database present and galore much connected attraction dialysis. There was a clip erstwhile astir of our young patients with renal nonaccomplishment utilized to dice due to the fact that we did not person a dialysis installation and astir families could not spend attraction dialysis outside. It was successful 2006 that we yet had our dialysis unit. Today, determination are besides respective authorities initiatives offering fiscal assistance to families for chronic illnesses, which has made a immense difference,” says Susan Uthup, who heads the Paediatric Nephrology department.
The 2 back-to-back paediatric renal transplants person frankincense been pivotal events arsenic acold arsenic the section is concerned
From a azygous module unit, it has been a agelong travel for the Paediatric Nephrology section here, which contiguous has a broad kidney replacement therapy programme, 50 dedicated beds for paediatric renal patients and a 12-bed dialysis unit.
The section present offers a afloat scope of renal attraction modalities for children, and has a specialised acute kidney wounded follow-up session and present a transplant service. A referral centre for paediatric renal attraction successful South India, it besides runs a peculiar programme for the aboriginal detection and absorption of congenital anomalies of kidney and urinary tract successful children.
The caller postdoctoral (DM) programme successful paediatric nephrology, the lone 1 successful the nationalist assemblage successful the country, has been 1 of the biggest highlights of the objective and world excellence of the institution.
Key challenges
Children with terrible kidney nonaccomplishment who are enactment connected chronic dialysis look galore challenges, the superior 1 being bosom failure. Renal transplant is the definitive attraction for them.
"We had frankincense been moving connected gathering a paediatric renal transplant portion truthful that we tin connection affordable and prime attraction to galore families with chronically sick children.It is heartening that we tin connection the champion of attraction to our young renal patients,” Dr. Uthup says.
