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Brain-Dead Guntur Donor’s Heart Transplanted Into Tirupati Girl
A 38-year-old man in Guntur was declared brain dead after a road accident.
His family agreed to donate his organs.
Doctors arranged for his heart to be taken to a hospital in Tirupati.
There was no air ambulance, so the heart traveled by road.
It arrived about four hours later.
Doctors then performed an eight-hour operation on a 14-year-old girl.
They said the transplant was successful.
The girl is being closely watched while she recovers.
A 38-year-old man declared brain dead after a Guntur road accident became an organ donor.
His heart was transported by road to Tirupati because no air ambulance was available.
The heart traveled from Guntur at about 3 p.m. and reached the hospital around 7 p.m. Sunday.
Doctors performed an eight-hour transplant on a 14-year-old girl at Sri Padmavathi Children’s Heart Centre.
The successful procedure was the centre’s 27th heart transplant, with the girl placed under intensive monitoring.
- Who
- The heart came from a 38-year-old man declared brain dead after a road accident and was transplanted into a 14-year-old girl.
- What
- Doctors performed a heart transplant at Sri Padmavathi Children’s Heart Centre.
- Where
- The heart was transported from Guntur to Sri Padmavathi Children’s Heart Centre in Tirupati.
- When
- The heart was transported on Sunday, leaving Guntur around 3 p.m. and reaching Tirupati around 7 p.m.; the surgery lasted eight hours.
- Why
- The donor’s family agreed to organ donation, enabling the heart to be used for the girl’s transplant.
Key facts
- Donor
- A 38-year-old man declared brain dead after a road accident
- Recipient
- A 14-year-old girl
- Transport
- The heart was taken from Guntur to Tirupati by road
- Travel time
- The vehicle left around 3 p.m. and arrived around 7 p.m. Sunday
- Hospital
- Sri Padmavathi Children’s Heart Centre
- Surgery duration
- Eight hours
- Centre milestone
- The transplant was the hospital’s 27th heart transplant
Sources
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