Successful kidney transplant operation a first in TRNC

A successful kidney transplant has been carried out at the Nicosia Dr Burhan Nalbantoglu.

The transplant was from father to son. Health Minister Salih Izbul reported that they were proud and pleased with the outcome of the operation. Izbul said that the first operation ever in the TRNC had been carried out last week; he held a press conference to report the news.

He said this was the first operation of its kind in the TRNC and the patient was well; Izbul said the patient was ready to be discharged from hospital.

The operation is the first since parliament made organ transplant legal in the TRNC.

Credit: Kibris Postasi