Womb transplant: Motherhood was once ‘her’ dream, but now it’s a reality

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On May 18, 2017, the baby’s mother, Meenakshi Walan, got a uterus transplant. Meenakshi’s mother had donated her uterus to her, because her daughter's uterus was damaged and she couldn’t conceive a baby. And now, 17 months after getting her mother’s womb, Meenakshi has delivered a baby girl at the Galaxy Care Hospital, in Pune, on October 18

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“I am extremely happy. Something that was impossible two years ago, is a reality today. I wanted a child from such long time and today I have one. My joy knows no bounds. I cannot express my happiness. I am experiencing this kind of happiness for the first time,” said Meenakshi Walan, Vadodara woman who has become first in India who has given birth to a baby girl, after a successful uterus transplant.

While the parents have not thought about any name for their daughter, Dr Shailesh Puntambekar, who performed the procedure of uterus transplant on her, has named her as Radha.

Tears were rolling down from her cheeks as she was talking. With every sentence she was becoming more emotional.

“I have been living here in the hospital since a very long time now. I now have a sense of fulfilment, as I have my own kid now. I am very happy and there are no words to express my happiness,” Walan said.

The baby girl who has been named Radha
The baby girl who has been named Radha

“I spoke with my wife in the morning and we both could not speak much as were speechless due to the good news. It is the day of Dusshera today and we have got a wonderful gift in our life, a baby girl, of our own” said the father of the newborn baby girl.

The grandmother of the baby girl, said, “I took a decision to transfer my womb to my daughter and today my daughter delivered my granddaughter. I am very happy that I could help my daughter in giving her an experience of becoming a mother.”

According to the doctors from Pune’s Galaxy Care Hospital, the woman gave birth to the baby girl at 12:12 a.m., on Thursday, October 18.

A team of doctors led by Dr Shailesh Puntambekar, Director of Galaxy Care Hospital performed the delivery procedure.

While speaking to My Medical Mantra, Dr Shailesh Puntambekar, Director of Pune’s Galaxy Care Laparoscopic Institute said, “I am very happy and satisfied today. Today is the most important day of my life. The baby girl weighed about 1.450 kgs. We performed the uterus transplant laparoscopically and it was a caesarean delivery. This is the first-of-its-kind delivery which has been performed in the world.”

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My Medical Mantra - ‘Good health is synonymous with a good country’

‘Good health is synonymous with a good country’

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Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has raised worrisome questions at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Wednesday. He was addressing experts and panellists present at the CII healthcare conclave event

There have been a lot of talks about health these days. However during a speech in CII on Wednesday, August 23, Sudhir Mungantiwar, Minister of Finance, Planning and Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra said, “Healthcare cannot be left behind. I have tied up with KPMG India for creating a model district in Chandrapur and Sindhudurg.”

He added, “Good health is synonymous to good country.”


Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar

He suggested that if the country needs to go ahead, it has to make a health card wherein all the case files; case history as well as medical prescription may be maintained. So when anyone goes to the doctor, they just have the card and know everything.

The worrisome issue, however, is the finance of health. Pricing of medicines is currently the concern. “Cases such as the Gorakhpur case just prove our ignorance. Those 20 children who passed away are the martyrs according to me, in order to open our eyes on our ignorance to such issues.”

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