By writer to www.telegraphindia.com
A 52-year-old man from Howrah who has been dwelling with coronary heart failure since 2016 underwent coronary heart transplant at Howrah’s Narayana Superspeciality Hospital on Wednesday.
The person was admitted to the hospital a number of instances up to now 12 months, mentioned a physician who was within the staff that did the transplant.
“We obtained an replace on Tuesday {that a} 56-year-old individual had handed away at SSKM Hospital. His coronary heart matches the necessities of the 52-year-old man. A staff of medical doctors from our hospital did the harvesting on Wednesday,” mentioned Debasis Das, a cardiac surgeon who was a member of the staff that carried out the transplant.
The organ was delivered to the Howrah hospital round 3pm on Wednesday. The transplant began at 3.30pm and took about four-and-a-half hours.
Medical doctors listed the person for transplant about three months again. He couldn’t be listed earlier due to excessive lung stress.
“The affected person is secure and has been shifted to the ICU. He’s nonetheless on air flow. We’ll observe him for just a few days,” Das mentioned on Wednesday night.
Das mentioned that due to coronary heart failure the 52-year-old man couldn’t carry out regular actions. Coronary heart failure meant that the guts couldn’t pump enough blood, because of which the person developed breathlessness. Additionally, fluid accrued in varied components of his physique.
Apart from Das, the surgical staff had Nilanjan Dutta and Pradeep Narayan.
The cardiology staff had Munna Das, Amitabha Chattopadhyay, Sanjiban Ghosh and Jayita Nandi.
The anesthesia and important care staff had Manish Sharma, Rangan Koley and Shubhadeep Das.
