Successful kidney transplant at JHL

LAHORE:A successful kidney transplant operation has been performed at Jinnah Hospital Lahore (JHL). Transplant Surgeon and Head of Department Prof Naveed Iqbal said that 24-year-old M Umair, who is also an MBBS doctor, donated his kidney to his sister Umm-e-Habiba. Allama Iqbal Medical College Principal Prof Asghar Naqi and Jinnah Hospital MS Dr Kashif Jahangir visited the transplant unit.

Prof Naveed Iqbal said that both the patient and the donor of kidney transplant operation are in good health. He said that Punjab Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique, Chairman Board of Governors Gohar Ejaz, Principal and MS had key role in the successful kidney transplant operation at Jinnah Hospital.