Indian Railways transported a live donor heart from Surat to Ahmedabad aboard the Vande Bharat Express for transplantation at the UN Mehta Institute. A Green Corridor created by railway and police authorities ensured the organ reached the hospital without delay
The youngster was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMP), a medical condition wherein it becomes difficult for the heart to pump blood to the rest of the body.
Hyderabad: A donor heart from a 28-year-old brain dead road accident victim Nagaraj Yadav was transported in a green channel from Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad to Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Punjagutta for a heart transplant surgery on a 57-year-old heart failure patient on Friday. The traffic police coordinated with officials from State-run Jeevandan organ […]
New York: A team of US researchers successfully transplanted two genetically engineered pig hearts into recently deceased humans in June and July. The surgeries, known as xenotransplants, were performed on June 16 and July 6 at NYU Langone’s Tisch Hospital. These marked the latest advances toward addressing the organ shortage and developing a clinical protocol […]
Hyderabad: We have heard of people who oppose covid vaccination, we have heard of people willing getting infected with coronavirus to escape getting vaccinated, but this instance takes the cake and perhaps will remain on top of the list of those refusing to getting vaccinated, even if their life is at stake. Media in the […]
Hyderabad: The surgeons at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) have successfully conducted a heart transplant surgery on a 30-year-old painter on Wednesday. The donor heart, which was retrieved from a 34-year-old constable M Veerababu, who was declared as brain dead at Yashoda Hospitals, Malakpet, was transported in 12 minutes after traffic authorities created a […]
The MitraClip is a small metal clip with a polyester fabric that is inserted to fix the leaky mitral valve of the heart thereby ensuring that the blood flow is in the right direction.
The speedy transportation of the heart by a dedicated metro train during the peak hour aided in the success of the surgery, said surgeon Dr Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale
