Ghaziabad News: Nazish and her parent’s had put off all of their plans to spend Eid with their family just a few weeks ago. But on Thursday morning, a 28-year-old woman from Meerut’s Walidpur hamlet wore a brand-new salwar-suit and smiled while saying “Eid Mubarak” to everyone.
Nazish recently underwent a kidney transplant as the first patient from the state to do so through the Ayushman Bharat health insurance programme of the Centre.
Nazish received the shock of her life in January of this year when she learned that her stomach ache was actually caused by kidney failure.
The doctors suggested a kidney transplant and estimated her costs at Rs. 10–12 lakh for the operation and subsequent care. Salim Ahmed and Sabeela, who both work as daily wage earners, found it “almost impossible” to secure the funding for their daughter’s surgery on their own.
Nazish quickly started his dialysis treatments despite his tremendous agony. Nazish’s parents learned about the Ayushman Bharat programme, which provides health insurance benefits to families from the poorer part, at one of these centres in Ganga Nagar where Nazish would attend for her routine checkups.
Ray of Hope
“We finally saw a ray of hope,” said Nazish, a Class 12 dropout. After registering herself under the scheme, she was referred to Yashoda Hospital in Kaushambi, one of the empanelled private health facilities.
The Yashoda doctors interacted with Nazish’s brother, who has a small grocery store in their community, and finished all the paperwork. Nazish’s mother, Sabeela, immediately stepped up and volunteered her kidney for her daughter when the physicians asked the family if they had looked for a donor.
Transplant by a group of medical professionals
The mother and daughter underwent procedures on June 20. The kidney transplant was carried out by a group of medical professionals, including Dr. Prajit Majumdar from the nephrology division and Drs. Vaibhav Saxena, Niren Rao, and Kuldeep Aggarwal from the urology division.
The mother and daughter were monitored for eight days. They were released on Wednesday and sent home to share in the Eid festivities.
“The Ayushman Bharat scheme has made it possible for the poor to get the best of treatment for free. As a hospital, we feel proud that we performed the first kidney transplant in the state under the central government’s scheme,” said MD and CEO of Yashoda Hospitals Dr Upasana Arora.
She continued by saying that the hospital also offered Ayushman Bharat programme treatments for conditions relating to the heart.
State Agency for Comprehensive Health and Integrated Services (SACHIS) CEO Sangeeta Singh remarked, “So far, almost 3 crore Ayushman cards have been made in the state and 23 lakh people have already availed of the benefits. The government has spent more than Rs 2,700 crore for the treatment of various illnesses. Around 80% of the reimbursements were for private hospitals.”
Ayushman cards could be created at the CMO office, according to health officials. “Government and private hospitals empanelled under the scheme can also initiate the process for beneficiary patients. The process can be completed on www.adbm.gov.in,” an official said.
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