Pioneering kidney transplant

Rohtak: A kidney transplantation procedure was conducted on a 44-year-old woman at a Rohtak-based hospital recently. “The woman received the kidney from her sister. This was a pioneering kidney transplant in Haryana outside the national capital region (NCR),” claimed Dr Amit Mann, who led the team of doctors. He said the patient had been discharged and was doing well. Dr Mann, a former head of the Department of Nephrology at Rohtak PGIMS, maintained that his dream of carrying out a kidney transplant, which could not be realised during his tenure at the PGIMS, had finally been fulfilled.

Campaign against polybags

Rewari: Nandini Yadav (17), a student of Class XII who along with her younger brother Harsh has been on a mission against single-use plastic, has adopted Chandawas village here to motivate the people to shun polybags. “Under the move, I will not only distribute cloth bags among villagers but also encourage them to sew the bags on their own. People of the village has taken a pledge to make the village single-use plastic free,” said Nandini who has so far distributed over 10,000 cloth bags in the past five years. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has also appreciated her efforts on twitter. Besides, the district administration has also announced to make her brand ambassador.

Leading plasma donor

Faridabad: In the scenario when the menace of Covid is unabated, it is the plasma donation that has given hope to many patients. Sunil Masta, a local resident, has taken plasma donation seriously and has emerged as the highest donor in the district. He has donated plasma seven times after his recovery in June. “Sunil Masta (54) has set an example by donating plasma most times in the district and perhaps in the state. It requires will power and adequate number of antibodies,” says Umesh Arora, District Plasma Donation Coordinator. Revealing that Sunil’s antibodies were still on a par with the standard and he was capable of donating plasma regularly, he said it was his courage and attitude to help others that has helped in the recovery of several patients. Sunil, a manager in an automobile firm, said he recovered from Covid in the first week of June. Revealing that about 400 ml of plasma is donated at one time, an official said that two to three patients benefit from a single donation.

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