Organ from Vishakhapatnam Helps Save Life in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: A 53-year-old farmer who was declared brain dead at Seven Hills Hospital
in Vishakhapatnam helped save a 63-year-old persons life in Hyderabad.
Mr. Satyanarayana, who hails from Vishakhapatnam suffered a road accident on April
26, 2015 and was undergoing treatment at Seven Hills Hospital. The patient was declared
brain dead last evening (Monday April 27, 2015).
The Andhra Pradesh unit of Jeevandan informed us about the availability of a cadaver
liver and immediately a team of doctors from Global Hospitals went to Seven Hills
Hospital and started the retrieval of the organ, Dr. Hirendranath, Vice President,
Medical Services & Operations, Global Hospitals said.
The retrieval process started at 3.30 a.m. this morning after which it was airlifted from
Vishakhapatnam to Hyderabad. Dr. Mathew Jacob, Senior Consultant, Liver
Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery lead the team of doctors that was responsible
for the retrieval of the organ. He was assisted by Dr. Raghavendra, Mr. Murgan and Mr.
Rajanna.
Once the organ was recovered, the Vishakhapatnam Police Department created a green
corridor for the organ to be transported to the Airport in the quickest time possible and
with the help of the able staff from Indigo Airlines we were able to get the organ to
Hyderabad quickly, Dr. Hirendranath said.
After touchdown at the Hyderabad International Airport, the airline staff immediately
offloaded the organ into the waiting ambulance and with the help of the green corridor
created by the Hyderabad Police the organ was able to reach the hospital in 20 minutes.
The team of doctors lead by Dr. Tom Cherian, Chief of Surgery & Head, Dept. of Liver
& Pancreatic Surgery & Transplantation, Global Hospital and Dr. Balbir Singh, Senior
Liver Transplant Surgeon at Global Hospital have successfully transplanted the organ
after an eight-hour surgery to a 63-year-old retired engineer from Hyderabad, he said.
Mr. Satyanarayanas kidneys were also donated. One kidney was used for a patient in
Care Hospital Vishakhapatnam and the other to a patient in Seven Hills Hospital.

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