A 35-year-old man, who was declared brain dead, gave a fresh lease of life to two patients as his family donated his heart and liver.
The 35-year-old, who was undergoing treatment for serious injuries in road accident at CHL hospital Indore in Madhya Pradesh was declared brain stem death at 11.45 AM on March 9 following which the doctors consulted his family who agreed to donate his organs.
AIIMS Director Dr M C Misra received a call about the patient following which a team of doctors from cardio-thoracic and vascular sciences centre (CTVS), AIIMS lead by Dr Milind Hote flew to Indore to retrieve the heart the same evening.
"On March 10, the live heart was flown to Delhi. It was was brought to AIIMS from the airport for which a 'green corridor' created at around 10 AM.
"It was transplanted in a 52-year-old woman, a resident of Kalkaji who suffered 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 along with with severe Left ventricular dysfunction (LVD)," said AIIMS Director M C Mishra.
The liver was transplanted to a adult at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences(ILBS), who is doing well after the surgery.
