Man gets new life in Kolkata s second heart transplant
Monday - September 24, 2018 6:10 pm ,
Category : HEALTH
Kolkata Sep 24 (IANS) A 51-year-old man from Kolkata was given a new lease of life after doctors at a private hospital conducted city s second successful heart transplant here on Monday.
The heart donated by a brain dead accident victim from Andhra Pradesh s Kakinada was brought to the city in a chartered flight late on Sunday and transported to the Fortis hospital in south Kolkata s Anandapur by facilitating a green corridor where the operation was then conducted.
The patient was suffering from Dilated cardiomyopathy a condition in which the heart s ability to pump blood is decreased because the heart s main pumping chamber the left ventricle is enlarged and weakened.
The patient s name was registered with NOTTO (National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation).
"The operation has been completed successfully. The patient will be under constant observation for next 24-48 hours. His condition is stable " said K. M. Mandana Director Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery at the hospital.
Earlier on Sunday a group of doctors removed the live heart from a 24 year old brain dead patient at a private hospital Malar in Chennai. It was then brought to Kolkata in a chartered flight at around 11.53 p.m.
The heart was transported to the hospital from the airport by covering a distance of 26 km within 16 minutes through a green corridor.
Earlier in May the city witnessed its first successful heart transplant surgery in the same hospital.
--IANS mgr/ssp/ahm/sed
The heart donated by a brain dead accident victim from Andhra Pradesh s Kakinada was brought to the city in a chartered flight late on Sunday and transported to the Fortis hospital in south Kolkata s Anandapur by facilitating a green corridor where the operation was then conducted.
The patient was suffering from Dilated cardiomyopathy a condition in which the heart s ability to pump blood is decreased because the heart s main pumping chamber the left ventricle is enlarged and weakened.
The patient s name was registered with NOTTO (National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation).
"The operation has been completed successfully. The patient will be under constant observation for next 24-48 hours. His condition is stable " said K. M. Mandana Director Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery at the hospital.
Earlier on Sunday a group of doctors removed the live heart from a 24 year old brain dead patient at a private hospital Malar in Chennai. It was then brought to Kolkata in a chartered flight at around 11.53 p.m.
The heart was transported to the hospital from the airport by covering a distance of 26 km within 16 minutes through a green corridor.
Earlier in May the city witnessed its first successful heart transplant surgery in the same hospital.
--IANS mgr/ssp/ahm/sed
