New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- The Department of Surgical Disciplines, in collaboration with the Departments of Nephrology, Anaesthesia, Transplant Immunology and the Organ Retrieval Banking Organisation (ORBO), AIIMS New Delhi, successfully performed the second dual kidney transplantation at the hospital using kidneys from a marginal donor on July 28.

The donor was a 70-year-old female from Command Hospital, Chandimandir, Chandigarh. Considering the advanced age and marginal donor characteristics, both kidneys were utilised for transplantation in a single recipient as a carefully planned strategy to maximise the use of available donor organs.

"This successful dual kidney transplant demonstrates that with careful donor assessment, meticulous surg...