Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s kidney transplant surgery has successfully ended at AIIMS on Saturday afternoon.
Swaraj underwent a kidney transplant with the organ being harvested from a living unrelated donor, Indian Express reported.
According to AIIMS sources, the nearly five-hour-long surgery was conducted by a team of doctors including AIIMS Director M C Mishra, surgeons V K Bansal, V Seenu and Nephrologist Sandeep Mahajan.
The surgery started around 9 am and successfully ended at around 2.30 pm. The minister was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in the same building immediately after the operation.
Swaraj was admitted to AIIMS on November 7 and was undergoing dialysis thrice a week. The minister tweeted about her health on November 16 saying she was in AIIMS because of kidney failure.”
“Swaraj,64, has been suffering from diabetes for quite a long time. After the kidney failure diagnosis, she was put on maintenance dialysis,” said doctors.
After Swaraj made public her health condition on social media, support had poured in for her with several people offering their kidneys for transplant. Earlier she was admitted to AIIMS in April for the treatment of pneumonia and other health issues.
“I am in AIIMS because of kidney failure. Presently, I am on dialysis. I am undergoing tests for a kidney transplant. Lord Krishna will bless,” Swaraj had tweeted.