For the first time in east India, Kolkata’s Fortis Hospital on Monday successfully conducted a heart transplant after the heart flown from Bengaluru making an inter-state green corridor. The receiver, Dildar Singh of Deodhar, is currently out of danger but will be kept under scanner for coming days.
It took only 20 minutes to cover a stretch of 23.8 km between Netaji Subhas Chandra International airport and Fortis Hospital at Anandapur near Ruby. Bidhannagar Commissionerate and Kolkata Police created a green corridor restricting the traffic movement in busy morning hours to reach the heart within 20 minutes.
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Earlier, a Bengaluru man Varun Vk succumbed to accident injuries was declared brain death by Sparsh Super Speciality Hospital in Yeshwantpur on May 19.In a quick response, the hospital authority contacted Chennai’s Fortis Malar Hospital but there was no recipient. Following which, Bengaluru hospital got in touch with Kolkata’s Fortis hospital and they found the receiver with both the donor and receiver had same blood group.
A special team of Chennai-doctors flew to Bengaluru following West Bengal government and National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO)’s green signal to carry on the mission. With the heart -stored in a special jar- landed in Kolkata around 10:53 a.m. and reached the destination at 11:29 am . A special team of 30 doctors conducted the operation for around two hours.