PUNE: A team of doctors at D Y Patil Medical College and Hospital successfully performed a heart transplant surgery on Monday, making it only the third health hub in Pune to have achieved the feat. The hospital’s chief executive officer, Amarjit Singh, said, “The transplant recipient is doing well.”
The recipient was a farmer (33) suffering from cardiomyopathy — an end-stage heart disease — for the past few months. The donor, a 46-year-old man, was admitted to Sahyadri Hospital, Ahmednagar branch, after he suffered a severe brain attack (stroke) last week.
The donor was declared brain-dead two days ago. His family members consented to donate his vital organs that benefitted five needy patients — four in Pune and one in Secunderabad (Telangana) on Monday.
“Doctors at KIMS hospital in Secunderabad came down to Pune, retrieved the lungs, and transported it back to their hospital in a chartered flight on Monday. The transplant of both lungs was successfully done at KIMS hospital the same day,” said Aarti Gokhale, the transplant coordinator of the Zonal Transplant Coordination Committee (ZTCC). The donor’s liver and kidney benefitted two patients at Sahyadri Hospital, Ahmednagar branch, and another kidney benefitted a patient enrolled for renal transplant with Sahyadri Hospital, Deccan branch.
