Lungs from Kolkata gives oxygen to Chandigarh patient at KIMS Hospitals – Hyderabad

* Patient certified brain dead in Kolkata

* Organs transported early Monday, August 24, 2020

* Green corridor was arranged in both the cities for transport

* Jeevandan and Regional Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (ROTTO) co-ordinated total effort

Hyderabad, August 24, 2020:  Donor Lungs from a young brain dead donor, a resident of Kolkata were airlifted in the early hours of Monday to Hyderabad. The recipient was a an individual suffering from end stage lung disease an oxygen dependent, currently undergoing treatment at KIMS Hospitals, Hyderabad. Telangana State’s Jeevandan foundation and the Regional Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (ROTTO) coordinated this noble act and facilitated the process. Green corridors were formed in both metro with the assistance of the Police departments in West Bengal and Telangana.

This is a first for the state of West Bengal as, lung donations are new to the state’s maturing organ donor program. This individual was certified brain dead at the Institute of Neuro sciences Kolkata (INK) on Saturday following which the relatives collectively made a decision to contribute to this most noble cause. The Institute of Neurosciences expressed the family’s desire to ROTTO. The combined efforts of Telangana’s Jeevandana foundation In- charge Dr Swarnalatha, Dr Manimay Bandyopadhyay, Director, ROTTO, Eastern Zone, Dr Arpita Raychaudhury, Joint Director, ROTTO, Eastern Zone helped allocate the lungs to Hyderabad based on a nationwide wait list and allocation criteria. This was the second consecutive double lung transplant at KIMS Heart and Lung Transplant Institute, Hyderabad in the past 10 days.

Lungs are the most sensitive tissues in list of transplantable organs, this is because they are prone to damage and exposed to the atmosphere. The proper care of a critically injured person with severe brain damage requires the most committed and dedicated specialists. The team at Institute of Neurosciences must be applauded for their dedicated care, which made this multiorgan transplant possible.The team consisted of ;

l Dr. Mohua Golder (Medical Superintendent Institute of Neuro Sciences Kolkata )

l Dr. Indraneel – Institute of Neuro Sciences Kolkata

l Dr. Tanmoy Intensivist – Institute of Neuro Sciences Kolkata

Update first transplant patient:

The first patient, who received a pair of donor lungs from Pune on 16th of August 2020 is recovering well, said the doctors from KIMS Heart and Lung Transplant Institute. He is expected to be discharged from the center shortly in good health and under the supervision of the treating team and family members.

Corporate Comm India (CCI Newswire)