Heart from Bengaluru transported through green corridors to Delhi hospital
Team Udayavani, Sep 15, 2018, 9:55 AM IST
Bengaluru/New Delhi: A heart harvested from a 15-year-old Bengaluru boy was transported aerially to a hospital here through green corridors on Friday.
A team of doctors, led by Dr Z S Meharwal, director, Cardio Vascular Surgery at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute in Delhi (FEHI) performed the heart transplant on a 63-year-old man from Bihar, who had been suffering from heart failure.
“A heart transplant is a critical surgery where timing is a key factor. We have a window period of 5 hours in which we had to retrieve the heart from Bengaluru, transport it to FEHI Delhi and performed the heart transplant surgery.
“Our retrieval team coordinated very closely with transplant team at FEHI. We are grateful for the immense support received from traffic police of Bengaluru, Delhi, the Airport Authority of India and airlines to minimise the transport time,” Meharwal said.
Udayavani is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel and stay updated with the latest news.
Top News
Related Articles More
Country’s biggest leader given up morality, does not walk on path of truth: Priyanka Gandhi on PM
BJP demands CBI probe into murder of Hubballi student
Karnataka witnessing wave in favour of Congress govt’s guarantee schemes, says CM Siddaramaiah
Eshwarappa expelled as he remained in fray despite efforts to dissuade him: K’taka BJP chief
Vitla: 2 workers asphyxiated to death while fixing well rings
MUST WATCH
Latest Additions
Delhi court extends judicial custody of Kejriwal, K Kavitha in excise policy case till May 7
Former Punjab Congress MLA Angad Saini injured in road accident in Balachaur
Country’s biggest leader given up morality, does not walk on path of truth: Priyanka Gandhi on PM
Congress cheated Himachal Pradesh with false promises: Union minister Anurag Thakur
BJP demands CBI probe into murder of Hubballi student