Successful Completion Of The 10th And 11th Kidney Transplants At GBP Hospital.

Agartala, Tripura, 7th of October, 2026 : Under the initiative of Hon’ble Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha, the Kidney Transplant Programme of the Urology Department of Agartala Government Medical College & GBP Hospital has achieved another major milestone. Following nine successful kidney transplants, the 10th and 11th kidney transplants were successfully completed on 5 October and 6 October 2026, respectively, by specialist urologists. The two kidney transplant procedures were carried out under the supervision of specialist doctors from Agartala Government Medical College & GBP Hospital, in collaboration with the Shija Hospital, Manipur kidney transplant team. On 5 October 2026, a kidney transplant was successfully performed on a 60-year-old woman from Nalua, Belonia subdivision, South Tripura. Her 38-year-old nephew from Agartala donated the kidney. Following the transplant, both the donor and recipient are healthy and stable under medical observation.

Similarly, on 6 October 2026, a successful kidney transplant was performed on a 42-year-old man from Manu Bazar, South Tripura. In this case, his 38-year-old wife donated the kidney. Following the transplantation, both the donor and recipient—husband and wife—are healthy and stable.

The medical team involved in these 10th and 11th kidney transplant procedures included specialist nephrologists from Agartala Government Medical College & GBP Hospital, namely Dr. Manas Ghosh, Dr. Samaresh Pal, Dr. Reshmi Das and Dr. Udayan Saha. The specialist urologists included Dr. Mukut Debnath, Dr. Bijit Ghosh and Dr. Jiban Debnath. The anaesthesiologists were Dr. Bhaskar Majumdar and Dr. Tapan Debbarma. From Shija Hospital & Research Institute, the team included Consultant Urologist and Transplant Surgeons Dr. Paonam Somendra Singh and Dr. Maharabam Mahal, along with Consultant Anaesthesiologist Dr. Thounaojam Dinesh Singh. Nursing officers, floor nurses and OT technicians from GBP Hospital and Shija Hospital also actively participated in the transplant procedures.

The entire transplant procedures were closely monitored by Senior Nursing Officers Tapati Chakraborty and Sanjib Kumar Das. In both cases, the operations started at around 9:00 AM and continued for approximately six hours, concluding at around 3:00 PM.

It may be mentioned that, in accordance with the prescribed rules and guidelines, kidney transplantation is undertaken only after obtaining the decision and approval of the concerned Authorization Committee. Necessary examinations and tests, including kidney matching of the donor and recipient, are conducted before the procedure. From the first to the eleventh kidney transplant, all kidney transplantation procedures at Agartala Government Medical College & GBP Hospital have been performed completely free of cost. In addition, the Government of Tripura bears all expenses related to the travel of the medical team from Shija Hospital, Manipur, to Tripura.