New Delhi:
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who underwent a kidney transplant three days ago, was today shifted out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at AIIMS in New Delhi and was recovering well.
The 64-year-old minister is likely to be discharged in another seven to ten days, senior hospital officials said.
"The minister has been shifted out of the ICU to a private ward of the Cardio-Neuro Centre. Her post-surgery recovery is on the expected lines," AIIMS Director Dr M C Mishra said.
He said her recovery is being closely monitored by a team of transplant surgeons, physicians and anaesthetist besides critical care expert, physiotherapist and transplant specialists.
"She is likely to be discharged in another seven or 10 days," Dr Mishra added.
Ms Swaraj had undergone a kidney transplant on Saturday with the organ being harvested from a living unrelated donor.
According to Dr Mishra, the woman who donated her kidney to the minister is also in the process of being discharged.
"During transplant surgeries, the recipient is put on Immunosuppressants in order to lower the body's ability to reject a transplanted organ.
"That is the reason why the minister, after the transplant, was shifted to ICU and kept in isolation to avoid any infection," a senior doctor at AIIMS said.
AIIMS earlier had stated that the surgery of Ms Swaraj was successful.
Ms Swaraj's nearly six-hour long surgery was performed by a team of 50 personnel led by Dr Mukut Minz, former head of the department of renal transplant surgery at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and Dr V K Bansal from AIIMS. A team of transplant anaesthesiologists, nurses, technicians and other support staff assisted them.
On November 16, Ms Swaraj herself had posted on Twitter that she was in AIIMS because of kidney failure. The Union Minister, who has been in and out of the hospital for last few months, was admitted to AIIMS on November 7.
After Ms Swaraj made public her health condition on social media, several people had offered their kidneys to her.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who underwent a kidney transplant three days ago, was today shifted out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at AIIMS in New Delhi and was recovering well.
The 64-year-old minister is likely to be discharged in another seven to ten days, senior hospital officials said.
"The minister has been shifted out of the ICU to a private ward of the Cardio-Neuro Centre. Her post-surgery recovery is on the expected lines," AIIMS Director Dr M C Mishra said.
He said her recovery is being closely monitored by a team of transplant surgeons, physicians and anaesthetist besides critical care expert, physiotherapist and transplant specialists.
"She is likely to be discharged in another seven or 10 days," Dr Mishra added.
Ms Swaraj had undergone a kidney transplant on Saturday with the organ being harvested from a living unrelated donor.
According to Dr Mishra, the woman who donated her kidney to the minister is also in the process of being discharged.
"During transplant surgeries, the recipient is put on Immunosuppressants in order to lower the body's ability to reject a transplanted organ.
"That is the reason why the minister, after the transplant, was shifted to ICU and kept in isolation to avoid any infection," a senior doctor at AIIMS said.
AIIMS earlier had stated that the surgery of Ms Swaraj was successful.
Ms Swaraj's nearly six-hour long surgery was performed by a team of 50 personnel led by Dr Mukut Minz, former head of the department of renal transplant surgery at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and Dr V K Bansal from AIIMS. A team of transplant anaesthesiologists, nurses, technicians and other support staff assisted them.
On November 16, Ms Swaraj herself had posted on Twitter that she was in AIIMS because of kidney failure. The Union Minister, who has been in and out of the hospital for last few months, was admitted to AIIMS on November 7.
After Ms Swaraj made public her health condition on social media, several people had offered their kidneys to her.
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