Mongolian surgeons at the National Kidney Transplant Team have successfully conducted the 100th kidney transplant surgery yesterday. Kidney transplant surgery commenced in Mongolia in 2006 and the 100th successful surgery was conducted yesterday almost 10 years after.
Patient is 16 year-old boy E.Munkhbaatar and his father donated his kidney. B.Byambadash, Head of the Kidney Department at the First State Clinic Hospital, assured that both patient and donor are in good condition after the four hour surgery.
Kidney transplant surgery costs MNT 12 million in Mongolia and the MNT 8 million is refunded from the Minister of Health package and the rest MNT 4 million is paid by the patient. Although the subsidies for this surgery are really good the constant increase of the costs of one time sterile surgical equipment and tools creates extra load for state, therefore some of the tests are charged from the patient.
Kidney transplant team members have mentioned that the costs of the surgery have been evaluated by the financial department of the hospital and the results came up to MNT 25 million covering all the necessary tests, markers, equipment and tools, surgeon fees. The renewed estimates were submitted to the Ministry of Health and Sports.
There are 240-250 patients on dialysis currently. If there are donors all of those patients are able to be treated with kidney transplant.
Kidney transplant patients have to receive 1-3 types of medication throughtout their lifetime and those medicine are fully subsidized by the Government through the Health Insurance Fund.
Mongolian surgeons at the National Kidney Transplant Team have successfully conducted the 100th kidney transplant surgery yesterday. Kidney transplant surgery commenced in Mongolia in 2006 and the 100th successful surgery was conducted yesterday almost 10 years after.
Patient is 16 year-old boy E.Munkhbaatar and his father donated his kidney. B.Byambadash, Head of the Kidney Department at the First State Clinic Hospital, assured that both patient and donor are in good condition after the four hour surgery.
Kidney transplant surgery costs MNT 12 million in Mongolia and the MNT 8 million is refunded from the Minister of Health package and the rest MNT 4 million is paid by the patient. Although the subsidies for this surgery are really good the constant increase of the costs of one time sterile surgical equipment and tools creates extra load for state, therefore some of the tests are charged from the patient.
Kidney transplant team members have mentioned that the costs of the surgery have been evaluated by the financial department of the hospital and the results came up to MNT 25 million covering all the necessary tests, markers, equipment and tools, surgeon fees. The renewed estimates were submitted to the Ministry of Health and Sports.
There are 240-250 patients on dialysis currently. If there are donors all of those patients are able to be treated with kidney transplant.
Kidney transplant patients have to receive 1-3 types of medication throughtout their lifetime and those medicine are fully subsidized by the Government through the Health Insurance Fund.