By writer to english.mathrubhumi.com
Gandhi Nagar (Kottayam): Giving hope to the whole world amid a battle for survival, Kerala witnessed a coronary heart transplant through the COVID lockdown. Thiruvananthapuram Kallambalam native Sreekumar’s coronary heart will give a brand new life to Athirambuzha Thellakam native Ok C Jose (62) who’s below remedy in Kottayam medical school. The transplant surgical procedure might be carried out below the management of Dr T Ok Jayakumar, cardiac surgeon of Kottayam medical school.
Sreekumar met with a motorbike accident and was below remedy at KIMS hospital when he suffered mind dying. His spouse Bindu and son Swathin voluntered for organ donation. So it was determined to transplant the guts to Jose, a carpenter, who suffered coronary heart assault a 12 months in the past.
Although he was being handled at Kottayam medical school and later at a non-public hospital, his situation solely worsened. He approached the medical school once more and Dr T Ok Jayakumar and crew discovered that the guts’s functioning was lower than 15 p.c.
Because it was clear that coronary heart transplant is the one resolution, Jose registered in Mrithasanjeevani scheme and was ready for an identical donor. On Friday morning, it was knowledgeable {that a} matching coronary heart is prone to be out there at Thiruvananthapuram KIMS hospital. Thus Dr T Ok Jayakumar and crew went there and obtained the guts after finishing medical checkup and different procedures.
Each the organ donor and receiver had been subjected to COVID take a look at additionally. Sreekumar’s liver and a kidney was donated to KIMS hospital and one other kidney to Thiruvananthapuram medical school for transplant to appropriate sufferers. Mrithasanjeevani convener and Thiruvananthapuram Medical School principal Dr M Ok Ajayakumar, State Nodal Officer Dr Noble Gracious, Medical School Superintendent Dr M S Sharmad and others led the procedures.
Dr Jayakumar for sixth time
It was the sixth coronary heart transplant that was carried out at Kottayam medical school in wee hours of Saturday. All six of them had been carried out below the management of Dr T Ok Jayakumar. He was completely engaged ever because the information of appropriate coronary heart was obtained by 10 am on Friday.
Then assessments had been performed to ensure it was appropriate for Jose. By 2.30 pm, the physician and crew got down to Thiruvananthapuram to obtain the guts. They reached the hospital by 6.10 pm. By the point, they accomplished taking the organs and doing different assessments, it was 1 am on Saturday.
