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A lifesaving bosom transplant country was successfully conducted connected a 54-year-old antheral diligent astatine CARE Hospitals successful Visakhapatnam recently. The country was performed by Dr. L. Vijay and his squad connected Chandra Sekhar Patro, who had been suffering from TCMP (Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy) with recurrent ventricular Tachycardia.
Mr. Patro had earlier undergone AICD implantation astatine the aforesaid hospital. His sanction had been enlisted nether the authorities of Andhra Pradesh’s Jeevandan programme (organ donation) for cardiac transplant arsenic the last attraction for his condition.
On October 26, a matching donor bosom became disposable successful Srikakulam via Jeevandan. The organ was swiftly transported crossed districts done the greenish corridor created by the Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam territory constabulary successful a grounds time.
K. Praveen Kumar, Additional DCP (Traffic), Visakhapatnam, said that the constabulary section is arrogant to beryllium a portion of specified captious aesculapian emergencies that prevention lives.”
The transplant was carried retired by CARE Hospitals in-house Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS) team, led by Dr. L. Vijay, with adept enactment from Dr C. V. Rao, elder interventional cardiologist and objective manager – cardiology, Dr Venu Gopal, elder nephrologist and HOD – nephrology, and specialists from the cardiac anaesthesiology department.
Dr. Vijay, who led the transplant team, said: “Heart transplantation is 1 of the astir analyzable and delicate procedures successful modern medicine. It demands precision, accelerated coordination, and precocious expertise crossed aggregate departments. Safely retrieving the donor heart, preserving it, transporting it crossed districts, and re-implanting it successful the recipient requires seamless teamwork.”
Dr K Ram Babu, Chief Co-ordinator - Jeevandhan, Andhra Pradesh, said: “This palmy bosom transplant is simply a effect of fantabulous coordination betwixt the retrieval hospital, transplant center, constabulary authorities, and the Jeevandan team.”
Mr. Patro has made a dependable betterment aft the country and was discharged connected November 6, 2025 successful a unchangeable condition. At his archetypal travel up helium was abled to locomotion without immoderate strain.
The palmy transplant marks a large milestone for the region, and opens caller doors to cardiac patients crossed Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring States similar Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and parts of the Northeast, who earlier had to question to large metropolitan cities similar Hyderabad, Chennai and Bengaluru for specified analyzable procedures.
Mr. Sukhesh Reddy, Chief Operating Officer, CARE Hospitals, Visakhapatnam, spoke.
