SulemanSuleman

Suleman is 33 years old. Due to an infection, at only 16, Suleman had to have one of his kidneys removed. Then three years later he was told that his remaining kindney was also impaired. That was when Suleman came to SIUT for a year he was put on dialysis and then in 1997 he underwent a kidney transplant. Finally at the age of 22 and after 17 years of illness he was ready to live a normal life.

With a history of 17 long years of serious illness which deprived him of his teenage years and rendered him dependent on his family to perform even the most basic of bodily functions, Suleman bean to suffer from depression. If left unchecked, the chances were that the symptoms would become more pronounced and severely compromise, or even reverse, the progress he was making post his transplant surgery.

This is when SIUT stepped in.

We began professional therapy, during which our doctors worked with Suleman to help him overcome his feeling of helplessness and inadequacy. To this end we encouraged Suleman to participate at the first SIUT transplant Games in 1997, which we had organised to mark SIUT's successful completion of 500 kidney transplants.

Suleman's depression began to lift. He began to study for his Bachelor's Master's Degree in International Relations. In 2001 he participated in the Kuwait Transplant Games where he won a Gold Medal for the 100 Meter Sprint and two Silver Medals for the 200 and 400 Meter Sprint. The in 2006, he participated in the SAARC Transplant Games in Ludhiana, India where he won a Gold Medal for the 100 Meter Sprint, A Silver Medal for the High Jump and Bronze Medal for the Long Jump. Today, Suleman owns a computer store. He is married and the proud father of a son.