Sept. 20, 2022
Kidney Transplant Services Now at Seti Hospital
An agreement has been signed between The Seti Hospital and
Shahid Dharmabhakta National Transplant Center, Bhaktapur regarding the kidney
transplant services at Seti Regional Hospital in Dhangadhi, which is a referral
hospital in the far west. Head of seti Hospital Dr.Hem Raj Pandey and the
Executive Director Of Shahid Dharmabhakta National Transplant Center Dr. Pukar
Chandra Shrestha had signed the agreement on 4th September 2022.
Dr. Hem Raj Pandey expressed his belief that if this agreement is implemented ,healthcare
services in the far west will take a
leap forward. He emphasized that the state government should show the vigilance to
build the necessary infrastructure to run the kidney transplant services in the
government hospital. According to the agreement, after preparing the
infrastructure of the Seti Hospital, the center's doctors will provide all the
technical services for the transplant.
At present 3000 kidney patients are in need of transplant in
this center every year. If the services has expanded at the provincial level, the
center will reduce the costs as well as get better services for the patients,
Chief Shrestha said.
The government
provides upto 5 lakh rupees for kidney transplant patients. Now the range
of relatives who can donate organs is now widened.so it will be easier for the
kidney recipients to get the donors..