INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, March 2
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been admitted to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital today for his second kidney
He will undergo transplant on Wednesday.
&The PM will have to undergo blood and urine tests before undergoing surgery
He should also undergo haemodialysis before transplant
The transplant surgery will depend on his medical reports,& said Dr Prem Raj Gyawali, urology and kidney transplant surgeon, who is in the
medical team of TUTH to perform surgery on the PM.
Though the day for transplant has been fixed, the time for surgery has not yet been
&The time has not yet been fixed
We need to wait for his medical reports,& said Dr Prem Khadga, director at TUTH
As a six-member TUTH team and other doctors of anaesthesia and critical care medicine will be involved in the surgery that may take up to
two hours, two doctors from India — a physician and a surgeon — have also been invited.
&Though the doctors are invited from India, our
team will perform the surgery
They will be staying on standby to handle any emergency situation during the transplant process.
The doctors have been invited as the PM
first kidney transplant was done in New Delhi, said Dr Gyawali.
PM Oli had undergone first kidney transplant in India in 2007 after both his
He has been undergoing routine healthcheck-up in foreign countries on a regular basis since then.
He was admitted to Singapore-based
National University Hospital in 2014 and was treated for an infectious swelling in his right hand
He had also undergone health checkup at Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok.
The PM has been regularly visiting hospitals of late
after his transplanted kidney failed to function properly
PM Oli had undergone appendicitis surgery after he was diagnosed with appendicitis and infection in the stomach (peritonitis) on November
He also underwent coronary angiography at Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Centre, Maharajgunj on February 18.
Although media
outlets are raising questions over the donor relation with the PM, the PM secretariat has not said anything about the matter
Media reports have also said the PM is going to receive kidney from his second cousin wife niece
However, the Human Body Organ Transplantation (Regulation and Prohibition) Act-2055 (1998) explains that only a close relative can donate
Close relative in respect of any person means that person son, daughter, mother, father, brother, sister, uncle, nephew, niece,
grand-father, grandmother from the father side, grandson, granddaughter from the son side, grandson, granddaughter from the daughter side,
and includeshusband, wife, adopted son, adopted daughter, step mother, step father, father-in-law, mother-in-law, with whom relationship has
constantly existed since two years.
As the PM is undergoing kidney transplant, people are wishing for his successful surgery and a speedy
recovery.
Meanwhile, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote in a twitter, &My dear friend@ kpsharmaoli ji, wishing you a successful
surgery and a speedy recovery
May Lord Pashupatinath bless you always with good health, happiness and a very long life
Look forward to your continued contribution to taking India-Nepal relations to new heights.&
Replying to his tweet PM Oli tweeted, &Thank
you dear Prime Minister Modiji @PMO India for wishing me a successful surgery and a speedy recovery
It was thoughtful of you to express such warm words, reflecting our close friendship
I am fully committed to continue working closely with you to take Nepal- India relations to new heights.&
Delivering a video message to the
citizens today, PM Oli said, &Both of my kidneys failed some 12 years ago
I had gone to India for transplant then
Kidney transplant is not complicated today because of advanced science and technology.
I am happy and proud to get the transplant service in
my own country from expert doctors.&
&As a good player doesn&t leave the playground in the middle of the game, I too will not vanish without
getting all the dreams realised,& he said.
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