The donor heart of a 15-year-old youngster, D. Jathin, who was declared brain dead in Hyderabad, was transplanted successfully on a 9-year-old child in Fortis Malar Hosptial, Chennai. Call it a happy twist of fate or a random event, the child who received the heart in Chennai, also hailed from Telangana.
The retrieved heart of Jathin was flown to the Chennai hospital in an air ambulance on Sunday night and the transplant surgery concluded in the early hours of Monday.
Thanks to the Hyderabad traffic police, the donor heart was transported from Yashoda Secunderabad to Shamshabad airport in 35 minutes. The special ambulance left Yashoda Hospitals at around 10.15 p.m. and by 11.05 p.m., it was at the airport, hospital officials said. Interestingly, one donor kidney was received by a 15-year-old at Apollo Hospitals and according to doctors, the kidney transplantation too was a success. Jeevandan officials said that the parents of the youngster, Krishna and Padmavathi, approached them and expressed their wish to donate organs. “They volunteered but they kept repeating that Jathin’s organs should go to needy young patients. It was sheer chance that the wishes of the parents came true as two youngsters were recipients,” officials said. Jathin was found with severe head injuries at Necklace Road on October 1. According to Dr. Asif of Yashoda Hospitals, heart, two kidneys and liver were retrieved for transplantation.
The retrieved heart of Jathin was flown from Hyderabad to Chennai in an air ambulance on Sunday night and the transplant surgery concluded in the early hours of Monday
