LASUTH Performs Its First Kidney Transplant

History was made yesterday as the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), carried out a successful kidney transplant on a 56-year old man.

According to Vanguard, The transplant operation which lasted for two and half hours was the first in the history of LASUTH.

Speaking on the achievement, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Wale Oke, said the successful kidney transplant was part of the Lagos state government’s promises to deliver excellent healthcare services to Lagosians.

He revealed that before the surgery was carried out, consultations were made to ensure that the patients were well selected to avoid complications after the exercise.

“But thank God today, both the donor and recipient are in sound health,” he said.

Prof. Oke also assured Lagosians that the hospital would continue to bring such services in-country.

Also speaking on the achievement, the leader of the transplant team, a Consultant Nephrologist, Dr. Jacob Awobusuyi, said the initiative was conceived three years ago.

He explained that it was not east gaining the confidence of the patients, but after the operation, they were both excited.

He said: “Before the operation, both the 56-year-old recipient and the 26-year-old donor who was the patient’s nephew expressed concern. But after the operation they were both fine.”

Meanwhile, in a bid to cash in real money quickly, a certain 28-year-old Nigerian, simply identified as Chukwudi, has lost his life in Malaysia after selling his kidney.