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Swaraj May Have Kidney Transplant Next Week, Still At Work

External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has been going through health issues of late. Swaraj is likely to have a kidney transplant next week.

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External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has been going through health issues of late. Swaraj is likely to have a kidney transplant next week. Hospital sources have mentioned that her pre-transplant procedure is done, as reported by TOI.

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Swaraj seems to be recovering and her health is allowing her to go through the “life-saving” treatment. “Several people have come forward to donate their kidney. However, chances are that we'll use the one that has been offered by a relative," a doctor who wanted to remain anonymous told TOI.

A kidney transplant procedure requires a healthy person to donate their kidney on the condition that their other kidney is fully functional. It also requires both the receiver and the giver to go through several tests to avoid co-morbidity and kidney failure after the transplant. This is done through an HLA-matching test, which excludes the possibility of rejection of kidney by the body after the transplant.

Swaraj has been going to AIIMS for various other health reasons like diabetes and hormonal changes for decades now. But she started going for dialysis since her kidney failure news came from the doctors.

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Last month, Swaraj had tweeted about her health, saying, “I am undergoing tests for a kidney transplant. Lord Krishna will bless (sic).”

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Knowledge of Sushma's kidney failure prompted many to offer their kidney to the cabinet minister. Sushma has shown her gratitude for the support she got after her declaring her illness publicly.

However, her illness has not stopped Swaraj from working. While in the hospital, the minister promptly responded to a tweet by an AIIMS scholar, Geeta Singh, who wanted to go to Australia and was not able to manage the visa.

https://twitter.com/SushmaSwaraj/status/805655861280411648

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In another instance, a surgeon, Dr Muffi Lakdawala had tweeted Swaraj with the picture of a 500kg girl who had requested the surgeon to save her but whose medical visa was refused. Swaraj thanked the surgeon for bringing this to her notice.

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