Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday held a meeting with the senior officials of the ministry, after he returned home post a successful renal transplant surgery.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday held a meeting with the senior officials of the ministry, after he returned home post a successful renal transplant surgery.
In the meeting, which lasted for around half an hour, Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia, Department of Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg and Chief Economic
Advisor Arvind Subramanian briefed Jaitley on various issues related to the Ministry of Finance.
A senior official told ANI on the condition of anonymity, "The meeting was held today in the evening through Video Conferencing. It was a stock-taking exercise by Arun Jaitley as the was admitted in AIIMS for past three weeks. Currently, he is under the supervision of doctors and is in a controlled environment."
Earlier in the day, Jaitley returned home after a successful renal transplant surgery.
In a tweet, Jaitley expressed gratitude to the doctors, nurses, and paramedics who took care of him during his stay at the AIIMS for almost three weeks.
Jaitley, 65, was admitted to the hospital on May 12, and the surgery was performed on May 14. Post that, he stayed in isolation ward to avoid infection.
On May 14, FM had a successful kidney transplant. He was moved out of ICU on May 25. His post-operative recovery was being closely monitored by a team of transplant surgeons, endocrinologist, nephrologist, cardiologist, pulmonologist and critical care experts among others.
According to AIIMS sources, the kidney was donated to the 65-year-old minister by a distant relative, a middle-aged woman. This fell under the category of 'live unrelated donation'. "Living, unrelated donor could be anyone who is emotionally attached to the recipient, such as friend, a relative, a neighbour or an in-law. The authorisation committee had given its approval before the procedure," he had said.
During transplant surgeries, the recipient is put on immunosuppressants in order to lower the body's ability to reject a transplanted organ and thus is kept in isolation to avoid any infection. The surgery was carried out at the cardio-thoracic centre by a team of 20 personnel, including transplant surgeons and transplant anesthesiologists.
The team included former chief of AIIMS renal transplant division Sandeep Guleria, currently working with Apollo Hospital, surgeon V K Bansal, nephrologist Sandeep Mahajan and AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria.Sandeep Guleria is the brother of Randeep Guleria and a family friend of the minister.
Jaitley had confirmed his illness in a tweet on April 6. "I am being treated for kidney related problems and certain infections that I have contracted," he had tweeted.In September 2014, he underwent a bariatric surgery to treat a long-standing diabetic condition and weight gain. The surgery was first performed at Max Hospital, but he had to be later shifted to AIIMS because of complications. Jaitley had a heart surgery several years ago.
(With inputs from ANI)
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