History Made As DELSUTH Completes First Kidney Transplant

THE Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH), Oghara has recorded what is still considered a rare feat in the medical field in Nigeria with a successful kidney transplant.

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, a Medical Doctor was among the medical team in the theatre during the operation, had last year assured Deltans shortly after a pace maker implantation that there will be kidney transplant in the hospital this year.

He said this while speaking to journalists in Oghara, expressing satisfaction that the transplant was a success, stating that it was another medical break through for the hospital since the surgeons were well prepared for the surgery and with the presence of good post surgery team.

The Governor disclosed that the hospital is overflowing with patients,adding that plans are on ground to expand bed facilities by putting up a three hundred bed ward for the hospital since DELSUTH has gone into a five year partnership with UT South-Western Medical Centre, Dallas.

He stated that the Teaching Hospital will be charging lower rates than what is obtained anywhere else in the world, recalling that about two years ago, the State Government started subsidizing dialysis in the hospital and brought it down from twenty two thousand Naira to five thousand Naira because the subsidy is mainly for Deltans.

The Chief Medical Director of DELSUTH, Dr Leslie Akporiaye said the kidney transplant was a new innovation in the hospital, disclosing that the operation lasts just a few hours due to lots of  preparation and the provision of necessary facilities, training and observation in Dallas which has led to the major success by staff of DELSUTH.’

He added that this was the beginning of more of such surgeries that will take place in the hospital, recalling that the hospital has earlier carried out hip-bone and knee cap replacement surgeries.

Delta State Government Press Release