Experts explore treatment of chronic kidney disease
5 hours ago
Mariecar Jara-Puyod,
Senior Reporter
Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) or Paired Kidney Donation (PKD) is seen by specialists as the solution to the global burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) even as these specialists believe this form of living donor kidney transplant also has challenges, one of which is the need for this to be fully understood and embraced by the medical/healthcare workers, the donors-recipients and their families, as well as other support systems.
The discussions were made possible when the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company-SEHA Kidney Care (SKC) hosted a recent webinar on “Paired Kidney Donation From Theory to Implementation: Local, Regional and International Perspectives” wherein UAE National Organ Donation and Transplantation Committee chairman/SKC chief medical officer Dr Ali Al Obaidli pointed out that while CKD is a “huge burden” and “transplantation is one of the mira