A kidney transplant places one healthy donor kidney into the body to take over filtering waste and fluid from the blood, replacing the work failed kidneys can no longer do. It suits people with end-stage kidney disease, whether or not they are already on dialysis.
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Indicative ranges only. Final cost depends on antibody levels, infection status, induction agent, dialysis days and any rejection episode. We share a written, itemised estimate before you travel and flag anything that could change it.
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Dialysis is a cost that never stops — in money, and in hours of your life. Move the sliders to see what staying on the machine adds up to compared with one transplant.
less spent over 5 years by transplanting instead of dialysing
that's about 195 full days spent travelling to and sitting in dialysis — time a working graft gives back.
Illustrative averages for international patients, based on a typical dialysis cost of $9,000 a year at three sessions a week. Your local dialysis prices may differ.
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Creatinine alone means nothing without age and sex. This is the CKD-EPI 2021 equation every nephrology unit uses — enter three values from your last blood report and see exactly where you stand.
Educational estimate only. It does not replace a nephrologist, and it is not valid during acute illness, on dialysis, or in patients with very low or very high muscle mass.
This is end-stage kidney disease. Dialysis keeps you alive; a transplant gives life back. Send the reports today — we escalate stage 5 cases immediately.
Ask a nephrologist about eGFR 10The first gate is the blood group. After that come tissue typing (HLA), the crossmatch — which must be negative — and donor-specific antibodies. Check the blood group here in one tap; we arrange the rest of the work-up in two days.
A donor also needs to be
Aged 18–65 and a blood relative or spouse
GFR above ~80 with two normal kidneys on CT angiography
Free of diabetes, uncontrolled BP, hepatitis B/C and HIV
Volunteering freely — verified by an independent committee
Possible donor's blood group
From the first WhatsApp message to lifelong follow-up at home.
Creatinine, urea, eGFR, ultrasound (KUB), dialysis schedule, blood group of patient and possible donors, plus the latest discharge summary. Photos of paper reports are fine.
Two specialists review the case together, confirm whether you are transplant-fit now, and tell you which donor route is realistic — compatible, ABO-incompatible or swap.
Blood groups of all willing relatives, then tissue typing (HLA), crossmatch and DSA testing, donor GFR scan and CT angiography. We also prepare the legal/authorisation committee file.
Itemised estimate plus a hospital invitation letter for the medical visa, usually issued in 2–4 hours, for patient, donor and attendants together.
Airport pickup, family accommodation, interpreter, and dialysis sessions arranged in the host city until the day of surgery.
Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy and recipient transplant. Most living-donor kidneys start producing urine on the operating table. 1–2 days in ICU, then the transplant ward.
Creatinine trends down, stent and catheter removed on schedule, tacrolimus levels tuned, and the family is trained on medicines, fluids and infection precautions.
The ureteric stent is removed at 3–4 weeks, then teleconsults with your transplant team, local labs reviewed remotely and dose adjustments — for life, in your language.
These are typical results at high-volume partner centres performing 200+ kidney transplants a year. Your own numbers depend on donor type, antibody levels, diabetes control and how long you have been on dialysis.
Tacrolimus levels are checked twice weekly for a month, then monthly. We send a printed dose chart in your language and review every lab report you upload.
3 litres a day for the first months, with a simple daily log of weight, urine output and BP. We show the family exactly what number should trigger a call.
Masks, boiled water and no raw food for the first 3 months, plus CMV and BK virus screening at set intervals — all scheduled for you.
We only clear you to fly once the stent is out, creatinine is stable and a local nephrologist has been briefed. Usually 4–6 weeks after surgery.
No forms, no payment, no obligation. A nephrologist and a transplant surgeon look at the case together and tell you honestly whether a transplant is possible, which donor route fits, and what it costs.
We reply on WhatsApp within 1 hour. Your reports are never shared with anyone else.
A kidney transplant means two patients travelling — recipient and donor — plus attendants. We handle the paperwork for all of them together, and arrange dialysis until surgery day.
"Nine years of dialysis, three days a week. His daughter donated, and six weeks later he was fishing again. No machine since."
"Our blood groups did not match and we thought it was over. They arranged a swap with another family — both patients were transplanted the same week."
"The written estimate matched the final bill. Nobody asked us for money before we arrived, and dialysis was arranged from the day we landed."
Wondering exactly which conditions call for a transplant? Details below.
A kidney transplant places one healthy kidney — from a living relative or a deceased donor — into the lower abdomen, connected to your own blood vessels and bladder. Your original kidneys usually stay where they are. A single working graft does the job of two: within days the new kidney starts making urine and clearing creatinine, and dialysis stops. Transplant is not just an alternative to dialysis — it gives longer life, far better quality of life and lower long-term cost for almost everyone with end-stage kidney disease.
No forms, no payment, no obligation. A nephrologist and a transplant surgeon look at the case together and tell you honestly whether a transplant is possible, which donor route fits, and what it costs.
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