Tirupati, Apr 22 : It is good news for the poor people of Andhra Pradesh that Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam's run super specialty hospital of Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciencies (SVIMS) in the temple town has actively taken up the kidney transplantation programme which would essentially benefit the most vulnerable sections of the society with very limited access to modern super specialty treatment.The Department of Urology and Nephrology comprising Dr Govndarajulu, Dr V Siva Kumar, Dr K V Dakshinamurhty, Dr A Rambabu, Dr Anil , Dr V Sai Naresh, Dr Y Manjusha and Anesthesiology headed by Dr M Hanumantha Rao of SVIMS have successfully carried out the kidney transplantation surgery on a 22-year-old P Malathi, under the Arogyasri health scheme, SVIMs Medical Superintendent Dr T Srinivasa Rao said in a release here Yesterday.Her mother donated her kidney to her.The patient was being discharged after making recovery. SVIMS was taking up another case from Chittoor district for kidney transplantation surgery shortly and intends to continue the same on a regular basis henceforth under the state sponsored scheme with the assistance of TTD, he added.
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