Heart transplant at Mumbai’s Asian Heart Institute

The traffic police had created a green corridor to transfer heart from the airport to the Bandra hospital in 11 minutes

A 39-year-old Mumbai resident, who had been waiting for nearly two years to undergo the transplant, got his prayers answered. The unfortunate demise of a teenager from interior Maharashtra gave him a second chance, with a heart transplant at Mumbai’s Asian Heart Institute.

The traffic police had created a green corridor which facilitated the transfer of the heart from the airport to the Bandra hospital in 11 minutes. The transplant was performed by cardiac surgeons- Dr Pradyot Rath, Dr Sunil Vanzara and Dr Chetan Gaokar duly assisted by cardiologist Dr Santosh Kumar Dora anaesthetist Dr Swati shah and renowned intensivist Dr Vijay D’Silva.

Confirming the same, Dr Ramakanta Panda, VC & MD of Asian Heart Institute added, “ We are extremely happy to give a new lease of life to this young man. He couldn’t afford the transplant and hence, over 80 per cent of the cost was supported by Asian Heart Trust and Suman Ramesh Tulsiani Trust.”