.“As survival among type 1 diabetes patients increases, more patients are now reaching the stage where they need both pancreas and kidney transplants,” Dr Krishna said. A 30-year-old man, who had been living with diabetes for almost 20 years and had been on dialysis for the last two, got a new lease of life as AIIMS Delhi performed a simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplant from a deceased donor. This was the first such procedure at the institute after 18 years. The complex, life-saving surgery saved the patient, who had been suffering from end-stage renal disease as a result of his long-standing Type 1 diabetes mellitus, a condition where both kidney failure and insulin-dependent diabetes severely impact quality of life. The donor was a 50-year-old deceased brain-dead donor from PGI Rohtak.…