Among the various organs that can be donated, transplantation of the heart, lungs, pancreas and small intestine is possible only with donation following brain death. A robust deceased organ transplant programme could therefore give a new lease of life to millions of patients with advanced degrees of organ failure.
A leading cardiac care facility in South Delhi recently conducted a heart transplant surgery on a 16 year old boy, giving him a new lease of life. The recipient, a 16 year old boy was suffering from a condition called Idiopathic Dilated Cardio Myopathy, an end stage heart disease with a poor heart function, and an ejection fraction of 15 per cent. He had been consulting this hospital for treatment and was advised heart transplantation when he came to the hospital two months ago with symptoms of severe breathlessness.
The donor of the heart was a 30 year old IT professional who died due to intra-cranial bleeding and his family took a noble decision to donate his organs, thus saving six valuable lives. A traffic-less ‘corridor of life’ prepared by the police helped to speedily transport the heart to the hospital where surgery was done.
Once the information of a matching donor heart was received, the recipient was immediately admitted and prepared for the procedure.He was put on the heart lung machine as soon as the heart reached the hospital as the critical aspect of heart surgery is the time between retrieval and implantation, a crucial period when the donor heart is without oxygen. The total time, from retrieval to implantation took 100 minutes. The heart started beating soon after it was implanted. The patient was taken off the ventilator the next day and has made an excellent recovery with supportive drugs to prevent infection and rejection.
We hope and wish that more and more people pledge their organs for donation so that innumerable valuable lives may be saved.
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