The lungs regained from a brain-dead patient in Ahmedabad were transported to Delhi in three hours via air and two green corridors on Wednesday, to perform a life-saving transplant surgery on a 54-year-old man.
As per the hospital authorities, the patient had been suffering from a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for many years and the operation took place at a leading private hospital located in south Delhi.
In an official statement, the hospital authorities said, “The green corridor was created between the Civil Hospital and the airport in Ahmedabad, and then the organs were flown via a flight, and then another green corridor was made between the IGI International Airport in New Delhi and Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket.”
The green corridor was formed between the Civil Hospital and the airport in Ahmedabad, and then the organs were flown by a flight, and then another green corridor was made between the IGI International Airport here and Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, said the hospital authorities in a statement.
“The lungs were seamlessly transported, covering a total distance of 950 km in three hours,” it said.
Good News : Max Hospital Saket has successfully carried out a lung transplant today on a 54 year old patient of COPD.
The lungs were flown in from Ahmedabad, distance of 950 km covered in 3 hours!
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Depending upon the criticality of an early transplant for success, safe passage was enabled by authorities. This ensured the retrieved lungs to be transplanted within the perilous eight-hour chest to chest period, said Max healthcare authorities.
The green corridor was created the Delhi Traffic Police team for transportation of the lungs, which were brought here via air from Ahmedabad, at 10.30 am. The distance covered was about 20 km from IGI Airport Terminal-3 to Max hospital, Saket within 16 minutes, police officials said.
Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic — Southern and New Delhi Range) A K Singh said despite the engagement of the traffic staff in relation with the VVIP route and traffic regulations in peak hours, the green corridor from IGI to Max hospital Saket was provided and the lungs were transported successfully.
Max hospital authorities said swift action by the National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation. National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO), Gujarat Police and Delhi Police ensured that the lungs reached the hospital in a timely manner.
A 44-year-old man from Ahmedabad donated the lung, who was declared brain-dead after a brain haemorrhage, Max hospital said in a statement.
Rahul Chandola, Associate Director, Adult CTVS, Heart & Lung Transplant Specialist, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket said, “The harvested lungs were flown down to Delhi in clockwork precision. The patient is a known case of COPD and he urgently required a lung transplant.”
