First lung transplant in Andhra performed

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsDoctors in the city performed the first successful lung transplant in Andhra Pradesh, and the third of its kind in the country, at Yashoda Hospital in Secunderabad on September 8.The patient, Archana Shegde (34), a housewife from Pune, had been suffering from Interstitia Fibrosis - a condition where the lungs become stiff, blocking the passage of oxygen into blood - for two years.She was advised by doctors in Mumbai that the only treatment left was a lung transplant. After seeking treatment at many hospitals across India, Archana’s husband got in touch with Dr. Gokhale and his team in Hyderabad.“Archana had to wait for a month-and-a-half at a hotel since there was no donor. The moment we received a donor, we called an emergency meeting and decided to go ahead,” chief cardiothoracic, transplant and minimal access surgeon at Yashoda Hospital Dr AGK Gokhale said.Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, Dr Gokhale termed the availability of the organ sheer luck. “The decision to conduct the 14-hour-long surgery was taken after the family members of a brain-dead patient agreed to donate the organ,” he explained.“This type of transplant was done previously in Chennai three months ago, and in Bombay last month,” pulmonologist and consultant Dr. R Vijay Kumar added.For the tests alone, the patient’s family had to shell out `1-1.5 lakh and the cost of the operation ranges between `15-20 lakh. “It takes a lot of investment to research and set up for lung transplant. Not all medical institutes take it up. So this operation is definitely a step forward,” Dr. Gokhale said.first published:September 22, 2012, 08:34 ISTlast updated:September 22, 2012, 08:34 IST
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Doctors in the city performed the first successful lung transplant in Andhra Pradesh, and the third of its kind in the country, at Yashoda Hospital in Secunderabad on September 8.

The patient, Archana Shegde (34), a housewife from Pune, had been suffering from Interstitia Fibrosis - a condition where the lungs become stiff, blocking the passage of oxygen into blood - for two years.

She was advised by doctors in Mumbai that the only treatment left was a lung transplant. After seeking treatment at many hospitals across India, Archana’s husband got in touch with Dr. Gokhale and his team in Hyderabad.

“Archana had to wait for a month-and-a-half at a hotel since there was no donor. The moment we received a donor, we called an emergency meeting and decided to go ahead,” chief cardiothoracic, transplant and minimal access surgeon at Yashoda Hospital Dr AGK Gokhale said.

Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, Dr Gokhale termed the availability of the organ sheer luck. “The decision to conduct the 14-hour-long surgery was taken after the family members of a brain-dead patient agreed to donate the organ,” he explained.

“This type of transplant was done previously in Chennai three months ago, and in Bombay last month,” pulmonologist and consultant Dr. R Vijay Kumar added.

For the tests alone, the patient’s family had to shell out `1-1.5 lakh and the cost of the operation ranges between `15-20 lakh. “It takes a lot of investment to research and set up for lung transplant. Not all medical institutes take it up. So this operation is definitely a step forward,” Dr. Gokhale said.