Hyderabad: Transplant surgeons at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Secunderabad, have conducted a ‘breathing lung transplant’ on a middle-aged patient who was suffering from end-stage lung disease and was waiting for a donor lung since August. According to a press release, breathing lung transplant involves preserving the functions of donor lungs while they are […]
Hyderabad: The first lung transplant surgery at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) was carried out on Wednesday when donor lungs from a brain dead 47-year-old daily wage earner, were transported through a green channel in the early hours from Medicover Hospitals, Madhapur to NIMS Punjagutta. Thanks to the green channel created by the city […]