The liver and kidney of a lecturer from Guntur, who was declared brain dead, were harvested and transplanted to patients in Manipal Hospital here on Saturday.
A press release from the hospital said the relatives of RVR and JC lecturer S Ashok Kumar gave consent for the harvesting of vital organs on Saturday.
While liver, kidneys and eyes were harvested by a team, the liver and one kidney were transplanted on two patients at the hospital in a procedure that lasted 12 hours. A team headed by Manipal Hospitals Liver Transplants division chairman A Olithselvan conducted the liver transplantation and Urologists and Renal Transplant surgeron G Ravi Shankar conducted the kidney transplantation.
Nick of time
A 22-year-old who suffered a heart attack after being electrocuted in a shopping complex on Mahatma Gandhi Road was rushed to Ramesh Hospitals on Ring Road within 10 minutes and could be revived. He is said to be getting better. Ramesh Hospitals Chief cardiologist P. Ramesh Babu said this was a classic case of the golden hour, platinum minute concept. The heart of the youth developed a short circuit and was beating at the rapid rate of 400 times a minute. “A heart beating at such a fast rate does not pump blood. Fortunately for the youth, a small volume of blood flowed out and kept the brain alive even though the patient was unconscious.
The short circuit in the heart could be fixed only by another electric shock. But it took four shocks with the defibulator to break the short circuit. Dr. Babu said that all precautions should be taken for electrical work or the outcome could be fatal.
Live workshop
Professor of Interventional Cardiology at the Erasmus MC institute in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Robert-Jan M Van Geuns conducted a live workshop on Coronary Angioplasty using OCT Technology (scanning of heart blood vessels ) at the Aayush Hospitals here on Monday.
Prof. Robert is known for his research in complex coronary angioplasties with the implantation of “scaffolds”. Nearly 40 cardiologists from in around Vijayawada and Guntur participated in the live workshop and interaction session that followed. Complex Coronary angioplasty with the implantation of ‘scaffolds’ which get gradually absorbed over two years without any metallic residue in the body was demonstrated by Prof Robert in the Aayush Live Workshop conducted in the Learning Centre, Aayush Hospital. Scaffolds are a new revolution in the treatment of heart vessel blockages head of the cardiology department K Gopala Krishna said.
