With the reactivation of the Transplant Program of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) last April, to date 97 kidneys have been transplanted. Of which, 60 percent are from a cadaveric donor. Which has placed the Renal Transplant Unit of the Hospital de Especialidades de Siglo XXI in the first place nationwide in these procedures.
Derived from COVID-19, biosafety protocols have been strengthened
Dr. Ramón Espinosa Pérez, head of the Renal Transplant Unit highlighted that it was derived from COVID-19. The biosafety and care protocols for the transplanted patient have been strengthened, and prior to the intervention they undergo studies. As a pulmonary tomography and PCR test to rule out the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and subsequently perform the transplant.
He said that through the work of 11 transplant specialists and the hospital donation coordinator. They have managed to sensitize the relatives of patients to increase cadaveric donation.
“There are many patients on the waiting list and a very important achievement is that the program is based on transplantation from a deceased donor.” The IMSS specialist pointed out.
The figure of the hospital donation coordinator has been strengthened
He also mentioned that since the birth of the Kidney Transplant Program, the IMSS has been in charge of providing a better quality and life expectancy to patients with kidney disease. For this reason, the figure of the hospital donation coordinator has been strengthened.
“For many years the IMSS has had a program that has given very good results. Placing the donation coordinators in the different hospitals and this has made them aware of a possible deceased donor and the family can be interviewed ”. He pointed.
The success of the IMSS Kidney Transplant Program is based on the balance of both types of donation
Dr. Espinosa Pérez stressed that the success of the IMSS Kidney Transplant Program is based on the balance of both types of donation. However, work is being done to encourage cadaveric donations and thereby save more lives.
“A program of excellence must have both living and deceased donations. But we are on the right track and hopefully those 60 percent figures will increase in the next two years. Up to an 80 percent transplant from a deceased donor compared to a living donor ”, he pointed out.
The head of the Renal Transplant Unit of the Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Médico Nacional (CMN) Siglo XXI, recalled that for 58 years, in this hospital unit the first kidney transplant was performed, a fact that marked the birth of the national program of this organ.
In this sense, he called on the population to be a voluntary organ and tissue donor, in case of doubt consult the website of the National Transplant Center: https://www.gob.mx/cenatra/ or visit the IMSS page http://www.imss.gob.mx/salud-en-linea/donacion-organos where they can register as voluntary donors.
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