INDORE: Indore district has for the second time in the last three days created two green corridors for transportation of retrieved organs from a 37-year-old brain-dead female patient from a private hospital on Sunday.
It was the 41st green corridor in the city created for transportation of organs. A 37-year-old Neha Choudhary, resident of Parsavnath was admitted to Choithram hospital after suffering from brain haemorrhage around a week back. She was declared brain dead on Saturday after two simultaneous tests and a decision to go ahead with retrieval of organs was taken.
The first green corridor to transport one retrieved kidney was created at 1.29pm on Sunday to CHL hospital.
The ambulance carrying the first kidney took only six minutes, while another ambulance transported her second kidney to Bombay hospital within eight minutes 17 second from Choithram hospital through a green corridor.
While two retrieved kidneys were transported for patients in another hospital, the liver was preserved for transplantation to one patient in Choithram itself. A team of doctors from a private hospital in New Delhi along with those of Chhoithram performed the retrieval process.
“The patient’s organs were donated in accordance with her wish. She was very much impressed and motivated by organ donations done in the district in the past. So, we did it”, said Pankaj Choudhary, husband of the woman.
State organ and transplant organisation secretary and MGMMC dean Dr Sanjay Dixit said, “We have also tried to look into the possibility of retrieving the lungs and heart of the woman but because she was on ventilator for the last one week and suffered heart attack twice earlier, the possibility was ruled out.”
“Covid-19 tests were also performed on patients before retrieval of the organs and people should know that organ donation could be carried out even during the pandemic”, said Dr Dixit. The team also retrieved the eyes and skin of the patient and preserved it for future use.
