When a kidney patient is declared to have got both his kidneys damaged and is recommended a renal transplant by his urologist, the biggest challenge a Chronic kidney disease(CKD) patient faces is to find a suitable donor who not only has matching blood group or compatible tissue cross match but must be from within the family as per Human Organ Transplant Act of India. More than one–third of the potential living kidney donors who are willing to donate their kidney to their respective family members cannot donate due to blood type or antibody incompatibility. The patient loses out the opportunity to receive life saving transplant.
Swap or Paired kidney exchange (PKE) overcomes this donor–recipient incompatibility by swapping kidneys between multiple donor-recipient pairs. CKF has come up with a unique, innovative idea to save lives of such patients. We have launched iKIDNEY, a mobile based app to ensure that patients find best matching kidney donors across tissue cross match and blood group boundaries. Hailed as a master stroke to prolong lives can be easily used in 3 simple steps:
- Download I-Kidney app from Google play or Apple store.
- Get free of cost registration done and our counselling team will take it up from there.
- Get the much delayed transplant done post suitable donor-recipient pairs are finalized.