<p>Kathmandu: Nepal's first sex change surgery was successfully performed at a teaching hospital here, the head of its plastic surgery department said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The surgery took place at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Chief of Plastic Surgery Department Professor Dr Jayan Man Shrestha said during a press conference.</p>.<p>A 25-year-old transgender person from the Janakpur district of the Madhesh province changed their gender through sex reassignment surgery (male to female), Shrestha said.</p>.'Woke up as a girl': UP man 'deceived' into sex change surgery by 'boyfriend'.<p>Previously, Nepalese people seeking sex reassignment surgery had to travel abroad, often to Bangkok, at high cost. The procedure can now be done within Nepal, saving patients significant expenses.</p>.<p>In Nepal, the cost of sex change surgery is estimated between NRs. 1,50,000 and 2,00,000.</p>.<p>Leading third-gender activist and former Member of Parliament Sunil Babu Panta demanded the formulation of a clear-cut policy on the matter.</p>.<p>The main question, he said, is how to define identity, whether a transgender woman should be recognised as a woman or as a third gender.</p>
<p>Kathmandu: Nepal's first sex change surgery was successfully performed at a teaching hospital here, the head of its plastic surgery department said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The surgery took place at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Chief of Plastic Surgery Department Professor Dr Jayan Man Shrestha said during a press conference.</p>.<p>A 25-year-old transgender person from the Janakpur district of the Madhesh province changed their gender through sex reassignment surgery (male to female), Shrestha said.</p>.'Woke up as a girl': UP man 'deceived' into sex change surgery by 'boyfriend'.<p>Previously, Nepalese people seeking sex reassignment surgery had to travel abroad, often to Bangkok, at high cost. The procedure can now be done within Nepal, saving patients significant expenses.</p>.<p>In Nepal, the cost of sex change surgery is estimated between NRs. 1,50,000 and 2,00,000.</p>.<p>Leading third-gender activist and former Member of Parliament Sunil Babu Panta demanded the formulation of a clear-cut policy on the matter.</p>.<p>The main question, he said, is how to define identity, whether a transgender woman should be recognised as a woman or as a third gender.</p>