Youth cardiac patient gets heart of 25 yr old deceased man

"Starting at 8:43 pm, the Fortis Organ Retrieval and Transplant (FORT) unit transported the heart via Outer Ring Road (on July 25) from Fortis Hospital at Vasant Kunj to FEHI at Okhla, via Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, IIT Flyover, Malviya Nagar, Nehru Place and Modi Mill, reaching by 9:04 pm," the hospital group said in a statement.

The recipient, suffering from congestive heart failure, underwent a life-saving surgery that went on for four hours and the patient is recovering well.

Meanwhile, Dr Rajeev Sood, Director, Urology, Robotics & Kidney Transplantation performed a kidney transplant on a 59- year-old man at Fortis Vasant Kunj.

"The patient had end-stage renal disease and was on dialysis for the past three years. The transplanted kidney has provided him a new lease of life and is generating urine since the time of transplant. The patient is doing well and recovering well in the post-op ICU," he said.

"The organ donation rate in the country has increased over 10-fold over the last 5 years from 0.05 per million population to 0.8 per million in 2016.

"People from all walks of life are increasingly saying yes to organ donation," said Dr Avnish Seth, Director, Fortis Organ Retrieval and Transplant (FORT).

Sandeep Guduru, Facility Director, Fortis Hospital at Vasant Kunj said, "This is the third deceased organ donation at our hospital."