5 Indian Ministers Who Have Went For Organ Transplant

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been admitted to AIIMS according to ANI. Earlier Arun Jaitley had tweeted, “I am being treated for kidney related problems & certain infections that I have contracted. I am therefore currently working from controlled environment at home. The future course of my treatment would be determined by the doctors treating me”.As soon as the news broke, responses started coming in from all over.

* Farooq Abdullah

In 2014, former Union Minister Farooq Abdullah got a reprieve from his chronic kidney disease when he received a kidney from his wife. The couple underwent the surgery in London where Abdullah had been undergoing dialysis for more than a year.

* Vilasrao Deshmukh

Two times Maharashtra Chief Minister and Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh died of multiple organ failure in a hospital in Chennai in 2012. It was a tragic case where a delay in harvesting and transplanting an organ led to his death.

* Amar Singh

Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh was admitted to Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital and Medical Centre in 2009 for a kidney transplant. Both his kidneys had failed, and he had been undergoing dialysis at Delhi’s Batra hospital before the transplant. An unidentified party worker close to him was believed to be the donor.

* MG Ramachandran

In 1984, Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister and AIADMK founder M.G. Ramachandran was hospitalized for breathlessness. He was expected to be discharged the next day but his health deteriorated. He suffered a stroke, kidney failure and went into a coma, leading to chaos in the state. He was immediately flown to the US for a kidney transplant. His 31-year-old niece Leelavathy donated her kidney to him, giving him a new lease of life. Post his surgery, MGR returned to politics and took oath as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the third time.

* Sushma Swaraj

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has suffered from kidney failure and was on dialysis at AIIMS.