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| Dr Nitin Kolhe demonstrates how to use the renal equipment at Mpilo Central Hospital while Mpilo doctors and nurses look on |
MPILO HOSPITAL has performed its first renal biopsy
procedure in partnership with specialists from the Royal Derby Hospital in
England as part of an educational training initiative for Zimbabwean renal
clinicians.
Two renal biopsy procedures were performed for the first
time at Mpilo Hospital on Thursday and Friday by Mpilo’s clinical nephrologist
Dr Shepherd Kajawo with assistance from Dr Nitin Kolhe, a consultant
nephrologist and clinical director for specialist medicine at Royal Derby
Hospital.
In an interview yesterday, Dr Kajawo said the week-long
visit by the Derby team was part of an initiative by the International Society
of Nephrology (ISN) to increase the hospital’s capacity to treat patients with
kidney related ailments.
“The visit from the
specialists from the Royal Derby Hospital was an educational initiative by ISN
to capacitate our renal unit so that we are able to offer more services to our
people and the training was also aimed at improving kidney treatment and care,”
he said.
Dr Shepherd Kajawo who performed the first renal biopsy at
Mpilo
Dr Kajawo said the visiting team trained seven doctors and
15 nurses on peritoneal dialysis which is a modality that allows patients with
kidney failure to receive their treatment at home and it is also an alternative
form of dialysis, which they hope to be able to provide to suitable patients as
a treatment option in future.
The hospital said they received equipment from the training
initiative which included equipment for peritoneal dialysis and needles for
renal biopsy procedures.
Dr Kajawo said Mpilo will now be offering kidney biopsy
procedures for the first time, a service which was previously not offered at
Government hospitals.
He described a renal biopsy as a procedure used to extract
kidney tissue for laboratory analysis which is then sent to the patient’s
doctor to help them identify the type of kidney disease the patient has, how
severe it is, and the best treatment for it.
He said the partnership with Royal Derby Hospital was a
long-term and ongoing collaboration and Mpilo might send some of their staff to
Derby for internship in the future.
“The collaboration with Royal Derby Hospital is long-term
and ongoing and at some point, we might send some of our staff for attachment
there,” Dr Kajawo said.
The visiting team also consulted with local general
practitioners and physicians from both private and public institutions to share
their experiences. Chronicle
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