Archive · 12 Sep 2026
Major Heart Surgery Succeeds for 77-Year-Old with Rare Blood Group
A 77-year-old man named T Nancharaiah needed major heart surgery.
He has a very rare blood type called the Bombay blood group.
This made the operation harder because matching blood is difficult to find.
Doctors carefully planned the surgery before beginning.
They used methods to conserve the patient’s blood.
A blood bank found compatible blood in Hyderabad and Salem.
The operation was led by cardiac surgeon Dr Hema Krishna Sai Kadiyala.
The hospital said the procedure showed why doctors and blood banks must coordinate closely.
Capital Hospital performed coronary artery bypass grafting on 77-year-old T Nancharaiah.
Nancharaiah has the extremely rare Bombay blood group, also known as the hh phenotype.
The medical team used extensive planning and blood-conservation measures because compatible blood is difficult to obtain.
Pradha Blood Bank coordinated compatible blood supplies from Hyderabad and Salem in Tamil Nadu.
Cardiac surgeons, blood-bank teams and donors worked together to support the procedure.
- Who
- Capital Hospital’s cardiac team, led by Dr Hema Krishna Sai Kadiyala, operated on 77-year-old T Nancharaiah.
- What
- The team performed coronary artery bypass grafting, or CABG.
- Where
- Capital Hospital in Vijayawada, with compatible blood coordinated from Hyderabad and Salem in Tamil Nadu.
- Why
- The surgery required careful preparation because Nancharaiah’s Bombay blood group makes compatible blood exceptionally difficult to obtain.
- Patient
- T Nancharaiah, aged 77
- Procedure
- Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
- Blood group
- Bombay blood group, or hh phenotype
- Operating surgeon
- Dr Hema Krishna Sai Kadiyala
- Hospital
- Capital Hospital, Vijayawada
- Blood coordination
- Pradha Blood Bank, Kanuru
- Blood sources
- Hyderabad and Salem in Tamil Nadu