Summary:
CHENNAI, India, Oct.
25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Heart harvested from a brain-dead person in Kochi was flown to Chennai airport in 1 hour 5 mins time and transported to Rela Hospital through a green corridor in less than 5 minutes for a heart transplant surgery.
The recipient, a 51-year-old male, working for a private IT company in Chennai was diagnosed with Dilated Cardio Myopathy (DCM).
He had been on a organ registry waiting list since Feb 2021.
The donor, a 30-year-old male from Kochi had a traumatic brain injury due to a road accident in his hometown and was admitted to a private hospital in Kochi on 19th October 2021.
He did not heed to treatment and was declared brain dead on the midnight of 23rd October.