Fw: Longer article on cat bite/MY kidney transplant man

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Kuljit Gill <amreets

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Tuesday, June 20, 2006 7:36 PM

Re: Longer article on cat bite/MY kidney transplant man

 

 

> all transplant patients are on anti-rejection drugs, which supress the

> bodies immune reactions, so that the body doesnt reject the 'new' organ.

> An unfortunate side effect is that it supresses immunity against disease

as

> well. Any bite or scratch by any animal would have innoculated some

bacteria

> into the bote site. If you had a normal immune response, your body would

> have been able to fight the problem off easily, however with supressed

> immunity, the body is unable to mount this defence response.

>

> also dont forget that a cats mouth carries lots of bacteria.....and if not

> treated with antibiotics promptly, even a non immune supressed person can

> have an infection...but not normally fatal.

>

>

> -

> " SPCA " <spcapg

> " Kuljit Gill " <amreets

> Tuesday, June 20, 2006 10:47 AM

> Fw: Longer article on cat bite/MY kidney transplant man

>

>

> > Kuljit,

> >

> > FYA. Any opinion from you that we can reply to the aapn group.

> > Thanks

> >

> > Lily

> > -

> > " Cate " <cateanna

> > <aapn >

> > Sunday, June 18, 2006 11:28 PM

> > Longer article on cat bite/MY kidney transplant man

> >

> >

> >> [i am a little suspicious of the description of how the cat came to

bite

> > the

> >> man]

> >> ----------------

> >> Pioneer kidney transplant patient dies

> >> New Straits Times

> >> 12 Jun 2006

> >> Annie Freeda Cruez and Nancy Nais

> >>

> >> KUALA LUMPUR: One would have expected Martin Rinyeb, 61, the country's

> > first

> >> and longest-surviving kidney transplant patient, to die of a

> > kidney-related

> >> problem.

> >>

> >> But Rinyeb, a Land Dayak of Sarawak, who lived 31 years with a kidney

> >> from

> > a

> >> younger brother, died of complications from a bite from a stray cat.

> >>

> >> He was bitten on the ankle by the cat in his house in Kampung Sebuloh,

> > Bau,

> >> on March 23 and died two days later.

> >>

> >> Consultant urologist Datuk Dr Hussein Awang, who made Malaysian medical

> >> history with the transplant, is now the director of Tawakal Hospital.

> >>

> >> " I was shocked to hear of his death, " said Dr Hussein.

> >>

> >> Recalling the transplant operation on Dec 15, 1975, he said: " There was

> >> excitement at the Institute of Urology and Nephrology in Hospital Kuala

> >> Lumpur. I was trained to perform renal transplants in Australia and I

was

> >> waiting for the first patient. "

> >>

> >> He said Rinyeb, then a Mara field officer, was suffering from acute

renal

> >> failure and was referred to the HKL by a doctor in Kuching in late

1975.

> >>

> >> Rinyeb had a donor in his younger brother Augustin, a veterinary

student.

> >>

> >> " Their kidneys matched perfectly. We decided to do the transplant as we

> > were

> >> prepared, " said Dr Hussein, who prior to that had been sent for two

> >> years'

> >> training in urology and renal transplant at the Royal Prince Alfred

> > Hospital

> >> in Sydney.

> >>

> >> A 12-member team headed by Dr Hussein performed the six-hour surgery at

> > the

> >> urology operation theatre, starting about 8am.

> >>

> >> Dr Hussein said: " I knew the operation was successful and everything

was

> >> going well when we attached the kidney and straight away saw the urine

> >> coming out. There was much excitement. "

> >>

> >> On the 10th day, Rinyeb was up and about, walking and meeting people.

He

> > was

> >> discharged three weeks later.

> >>

> >> The success of the operation was a momentous occasion, marking

Malaysia's

> >> entry into the field of organ transplants. Nearly 20 years later, the

> >> country saw the first heart and liver transplant.

> >>

> >> The kidney transplant programme moved on rapidly after the pioneering

> > effort

> >> in 1975. Since then, more than 1,000 kidney transplants have been

carried

> >> out.

> >>

> >> Dr Hussein did 101 of these operations at HKL and six at Tawakal

> >> Hospital.

> >>

> >>

> >> Wife: 'Cat poisoning', not renal failure the cause

> >>

> >> KUCHING: Martin Rinyeb was watching television in the evening of March

23

> >> when a stray cat entered his house.

> >>

> >> " The cat suddenly went up to Rinyeb and bit him on the right ankle, "

his

> >> wife, Diken Dolem, 56, said.

> >>

> >> The next morning, Rinyeb's ankle swelled up and he felt feverish and

> >> nauseous, but he refused to seek treatment.

> >>

> >> The following day, when Rinyeb's condition worsened, he was sent to the

> > Bau

> >> Hospital. He died at 5pm the same day.

> >>

> >> Dolem said the cause of death was stated as " cat poisoning " . " And we

> > thought

> >> he would die of kidney failure. "

> >>

> >> Recalling her husband's operation in 1975, Dolem said: " It was the

first

> >> time I had left my village and I was very frightened. When the doctors

> > came

> >> out and smiled at me, I knew everything was all right. "

> >>

> >> She said the doctors cautioned that Rinyeb's transplanted kidney would

> > last

> >> between 10 and 15 years.

> >>

> >> His younger brother Augustine Sitin, 53, who donated the kidney said

his

> >> brother continued to lead a healthy life long after the transplant.

> >>

> >> Rinyeb continued to work as a clerk with Mara until his retirement at

55.

> >>

> >> Rinyeb is survived by five children aged between 24 and 37 and three

> >> grandchildren.

> >>

> >>

> >

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Monday/National/20060612075918/Articl

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> >>

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