{"id":5476,"date":"2018-11-04T14:41:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T10:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/?p=5476"},"modified":"2018-11-05T14:47:51","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T10:47:51","slug":"first-child-to-receive-kidney-transplant-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/2018\/11\/04\/first-child-to-receive-kidney-transplant-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"First child to receive kidney transplant in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nine-year-old Bana Nizar Hassan from Sudan has become the first child to receive a kidney transplant in Dubai.<\/p>\n

The surgery was performed at Al Jalila Children\u2019s Speciality Hospital by a joint medical team from Al Jalila Children\u2019s, the UAE\u2019s first and only dedicated children\u2019s hospital, and Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU). The team was led by MBRU\u2019s prominent transplant surgeons Dr. David Hickey, Professor of Surgery and Dr. Farhad Janahi, Assistant Professor of Surgery.<\/p>\n

A total of nine government and health authorities in Dubai and Abu Dhabi worked together seamlessly to ensure that the kidney from a deceased donor in Abu Dhabi was transplanted within the necessary 12-hour window. \u00a0In addition to Al Jalila Children\u2019s and MBRU, Dubai Healthcare City Authority (DHCA), the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) and its National Transplant Committee, Al Jalila Foundation, Abu Dhabi Police, Abu Dhabi Health Services Co. (SEHA), Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and Sheikh Khalifa Medical City were involved.<\/p>\n

Bana, who was born with just one kidney – a condition called renal agenesis, which affects around one in 1,000 children – was being treated with medication at Al Jalila Children\u2019s, and was facing eventual dialysis or transplant. Now, thanks to the pre-emptive kidney transplant during a successful five-hour surgery, Bana is able to carry on with her life.<\/p>\n

The lead surgeon, Dr. David Hickey, former director of the National Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Programme in Ireland, has performed over 2000 transplants, trained transplant surgeons from around the world, and published over 130 peer reviewed scientific papers.<\/p>\n

Dr. Abdulla Al Khayat, CEO of Al Jalila Children\u2019s, said \u201cWe have just witnessed a defining moment in the history of Dubai\u2019s paediatric healthcare system and Al Jalila Children\u2019s is proud to have become a contributor to that history.<\/p>\n

\u201cApart from this being an incredible medical achievement, what we\u2019ve seen is exemplary cooperation between ten different entities in Dubai and Abu Dhabi that came together in virtually no time to make this surgery possible. This is the first of many to come and we are on track to ensuring that Dubai is the hub of paediatric healthcare in the region by contributing to UAE\u2019s 2021 vision for the health sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we celebrate this milestone, we must not forget the kindness and generosity of the donor that made it possible for Bana to start life anew.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud of the efforts of the joint team from MBRU and Al Jalila Children\u2019s, our clinical academic affiliate, who were involved in this historic moment in UAE healthcare,\u201d said Dr. Amer Sharif, Vice Chancellor of MBRU and CEO of DHCA\u2019s Education Sector.<\/p>\n

Nizar Hassan Yousif, father of young Bana said: \u201cWe have been suffering for nine years now – we knew that there was something wrong with my daughter\u2019s kidneys before she was even born.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we feel now is beyond words; it feels like we all have a new life to start together. It is also extremely overwhelming for us to see so many people from different entities across UAE come together to treat my baby; thank you is not enough for them.<\/p>\n

\u201cBana\u2019s first smile after the operation was the most precious moment in my life, and I would like to dedicate her first smile to our gracious donor and his family, God bless them all.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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