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By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
05th October:- Mayo Hospital, Sec 69,
organised a very different kind of Karwachauth Celebration. The same was held
to felicitate & to provide an 'opportunity to rejoice' to women, who
have either won the battle against Kidney disorders, or are under treatment for
these. Present during the event were two torch bearers in the field of Kidney
Donation - a Mother In Law & Daughter In Law duo from Karnal. In a one of a
kind gesture the Mother In Law has donated her Kidney to her Daughter In Law .
A K Sinha, Finance Secretary, Chandigarh (UT) was Chief Guest.
Dr Manish Singla, a Kidney
Transplant Specialist from Mayo Hospital, who is the only Kidney
Specialist of Tri City holding a fellowship degree from Canada , said that Anju
(27) has got a new lease of life this Karwachauth, due to her
Mother In law – Mrs Bala Devi’s (55) initiative. We wanted to motivate people
towards Kidney donation through this event. It is proved by this rare example
that Kidney donation is perfectly safe & family members of Kidney patients
need not be scared to donate Kidneys to needy relatives.
The other doctors from Mayo who
participated in the event were Dr Virendra Dhankar, Dr Manoj Sharma, Dr Rajesh
Gulia, Dr Karun Singla and Dr Raj Pal Gaba.
Bala Devi said that normally this
kind of a donation is not witnessed often as the relation of a Mother In
Law & Daughter In law traditionally, has been quite formal. But
Daughters' In law are just like daughters who have been married into a new
family and she feel all Mothers' In Law should help out their daughers' in law,
if they are in need of Kidney transplants, the way she has done.
The event received an emotional turn
when Anju and her Mother In Law Mrs Bala Devi explained how the family whole
heartedly supported Anju and it was decided that Anju's Mother In Law will
donate her kidney to Anju.
Anju said that her bonding with her
Mother In Law has become even more strong after her magnanimous gesture of
donation of her Kidney to her. She appeal to all Mothers' In Law &
Daughters' In Law to have a relation which is not strained, but in fact
like that of a Mother & Daughter. The team of doctors
at Mayo Hospital, helped her at every step, so that she was able to
undergo a successful kidney transplant.
The Hospital management felicitated
the duo. The hospital had also organized Games,Mehandi, Music competition
etc with a theme of Karwachauth, for women Kidney patients.
Dr Singla explained further that a
very pertinent session to advise women with kidney problems about precautions
to be taken before the Karwa Chauth fast was also held. It is very important
for kidney patients to maintain water balance. Long periods of dehydration can
have bad effect on Kidneys. One can start the day by drinking lots of fluids
before sunrise (which is allowed in fast) which will keep the Kidneys hydrated
during the day. It is very important for those who have pre existing kidney
problems that they should seek opinion of a Kidney specialist before doing such
type of fast.
Dr Manish Singla, informed the media
that kidney failure has risen tremendously in last few years mainly due to
incidence of diabetes and high blood pressure. He said that there are more than
3000 patients on dialysis in the region awaiting kidney transplant. It is
noteworthy that Mayo Hospital is a 100 bedded Multi Speciality Hospital
offering services in cardiology , nephrology, dialysis, Urology, kidney
transplant, neurosurgery, psychiatry, drug deaddiction, Ortho,
gastroenterology, Critical Care and ICU. It has fully equipped ICU and
state-of-art modular operation theatres.
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