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One of Asia’s youngest recipient successfully undergoes complex bilateral lung transplant at MGM Healthcare Chennai

Jul 8, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Chairman & Director of Cardiac Sciences, #Co-Director of Heart and Lung Transplantation Programme, #Director of the Heart and Lung Transplant Program, #Dr K R Balakrishnan, #Dr Suresh Rao K G, #MGM Healthcare Chennai

Chennai: MGM Healthcare, a multi-specialty quaternary care hospital in the heart of the Chennai, today announced that it had successfully performed a complex bi-lateral lung transplant on Master. NazarDianov a 4-year old boy from Russia and is now one of Asia’s youngest recipients to undergo this procedure.

A 20-member team under the leadership of Dr. K.R. Balakrishnan Chairman & Director of Cardiac Sciences and Director of the Heart and Lung Transplant Program, MGM Healthcare successfully conducted this procedure on the patient on December 15, 2020.

Speaking about the patient,Dr. Balakrishnan explained, “Master. NazarDianov, a 4-year old boy from Russia was diagnosed with fibrosing alveolitis at the tender age of 2 months and was put on ventilator as his oxygen saturation was extremely low. He then underwent tracheostomy at the age of 6 months in Russia and was airlifted to our unit in Chennai in 2018 for further management and a possible lung transplant referred by the doctors in Russia.

Dr. Suresh Rao K.G, Co-Director of Heart and Lung Transplantation Programme & Mechanical Circulatory Support, MGM Healthcare said, “He was kept on ventilator for 3 years in Chennai as we tried to find a suitable donor organ for him. A 2-year old brain dead donor became available in December 2020 in Surat, Gujarat and the organ was airlifted. Master Nazar underwent bilateral lung transplantation at our hospital in December 2020. We kept him under observation in ICU care and are happy to report that the newly trans-planted lungs are responding well in the patient. This is one of the longest duration for a small child to be kept on ventilator before undergoing a successful transplant in the world and is the youngest lung transplant in India and one of the youngest in Asia.

Dr. K.R. Balakrishnan said it is a testimony to the sincerity and skill of our nurses in Chen-nai that this child is alive today. It is a Herculean task anywhere in the world to keep such a small child on ventilator for 3 years without anycomplications.Interestingly, the nurses have learnt to speak a few words of Russian and the boy understands common words in Tamil!

Speaking on their experience, Master Nazar’s parents said,“We would like to thank the clinical team led by Dr. Balakrishnan and Dr Suresh Rao at MGM Healthcare for giving our son a fresh lease of life. We would like to extend our gratitude to the nursing team for their diligent service during these testing times for us and to Trastan and NOTTO and the donor family for this extremely generous gift.”

The hospital further said that the child is currently off the ventilator and on minimal oxygen support. He is recovering well and undergoing physiotherapy and rehabilitation and will be able lead a normal life in the future.

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ORGAN FLOWN FROM PUNE TO CHENNAI AMIDST THE PANDEMIC FOR A SUCCESSFUL HEART TRANSPLANT AT MGM HEALTHCARE

Aug 18, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #‘Green Corridors’, #CEO, #Dr K R Balakrishnan, #Harish Manian, #Healthcare Movement’., #MGM Healthcare, #National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO). Post-registration

Despite the enormous challenges posed during these COVID-19 times, MGM Healthcare, a multi-speciality quaternary care hospital in the heart of the city, today announced the successful completion of a second critical heart transplant in the hospital since the lockdown began. The heart transplantation was led by Dr. K. R. Balakrishnan, Chairman & Director of Cardiac Sciences and Director of the Heart and Lung Transplant Program at MGM Healthcare, along with his team of transplant specialists including Dr. Suresh Rao K. G. and Dr. Srinath V.The organ transplantation regulatory authorities and surgeons from Pune extended their full support in making this heart transplant a success especially considering that it occurred during the COVID times.

The transplant was performed on a 37-year-old lady from Chennai. She had been suffering from ischemic cardiomyopathy. The patient was suffering from end-stage heart failure and the transplant was the only form of survival.

MGM Healthcare received an alert on August 15, 2020, about a 39-year-old brain dead female patient at a private hospital in Pune. The cause of her brain death was reported to be Brain Hemorrhage.

MGM Healthcare immediately confirmed the requirement as the recipient was already registered in the waiting list handled by National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO). Post-registration, she was waiting for a suitable donor. Once the deceased patient in Pune was identified based on medical compatibility, the recipient was informed about the possibility of the transplant taking place after taking consent from the donor’s family.

“The biggest challenge faced was the non-availability of any commercial flight between Pune and Chennai around the organ retrieval time. As the transplant was funded by Tamil Nadu Govt scheme and no commercial flight was not available arranging a chartered flight was challenging. We approached Aishwarya trust for the same and Mrs Chitra was kind enough to sponsor the same and an air ambulance was arranged” said Dr K R Balakrishnan.

The respective Traffic Police Departments in both Pune and Chennai opened ‘Green Corridors’ for road travel from the hospital in Pune to Pune Airport, and from Chennai Airport to MGM Healthcare. The donor organ landed in Chennai at 6:30 P.M. on August 16, 2020. The ambulance carrying the organ reached MGM Healthcare from Chennai Airport in 11 minutes flat, which under normal traffic conditions would take anywhere between an hour to an hour and a half. The transplant procedure started immediately after the heart reached MGM Healthcare. Post-transplant, the patient has been moved to ICU for observation.

Commenting on the transplant Dr Suresh Rao said: “The Heart transplant was successfully performed by 9:00 pm and the patient is off the ventilator and doing well”.

Speaking on the occasion, Harish Manian, CEO, MGM Healthcare said, “This is indeed a proud moment for MGM Healthcare…an instance where despite the challenges posed on account of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, various state machinery including the Traffic Police Department, Airport Authorities, Air Ambulance seamlessly collaborated to reach the organ to our hospital in the shortest possible time, becoming an integral part of our ‘Healthcare Movement’. I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone who supported us in giving a fresh lease of life to the young lady.”