Why kidney patients die after Indian operation — Doctor
The President of the Transplant
Association of Nigeria, Dr Ebun Bamgboye, has said some Nigerians who
travel to India for kidney transplant lose their lives due to the
absence of quality care in hospitals in the South Asian country
.
Bamgboye, a consultant physician and
nephrologist, noted that people who did their kidney transplant in
Nigeria had better outcomes than those who had theirs abroad.
He spoke on Saturday during an interview
with our correspondent on the sideline of a media briefing on a health
programme, ‘The August Event.’
According to Bamgboye, who is the
Chairman of the planning committee, medical experts from different parts
of the country would discuss the issue of universal health coverage,
the challenges facing Nigeria’s health care system and other medical
education.
Among the issues, he said, is kidney failure.
Speaking with our correspondent, he warned against the risk of kidney transplant in India.
He said, “I have had cause to follow up a
lot of people who went to India. Quite a few people who go there are
individuals we could not take because we knew the outcome would not be
good. But when they get to India, because those ones want to get money,
they just go ahead and do the transplant. And shortly after, the patient
comes back and dies.
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