Bengaluru: A heart from a private hospital in the city was transported for transplant to a patient at Fortis Hospitals, Bannerghatta road on Sunday. The heart was transferred via ambulance at 4:45 am from the private hospital and the organs reached Fortis Hospitals in 8 minutes.
A potential organ alert was received by the team at Fortis Hospitals, Bannerghatta road at 1 am midnight. A team of harvesting doctors was sent to the hospital for assessment of the organ. Post preliminary assessment, the organ was harvested at 4:45 am by Dr Vivek Jawali, Chief Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon, Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore and team of doctors.
The organ was harvested from a 42-year-old female in Bangalore who had met with a road accident and was declared brain dead. Upon the family’s consent, the heart was allocated to Fortis Hospitals, Bannerghatta road.
The recipient of the organ is a 39-year-old farmer from Dharamapuri, Tamil Nadu who was diagnosed with dilated Cardiomyopathy.
