Painter gets second chance at life with police constable’s heart
The Hindu
Heart transplantation is 21st such this year, and first for NIMS in three years
A 34-year-old police constable’s heart was transplanted in a young painter at the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) here on Wednesday. The donor, N. Veerababu, met with an accident in Gollagudem of Khammam district on Sunday, and was declared brain-dead on Tuesday.
Hyderabad Traffic Police created a green channel and facilitated the organ transportation from Yashoda Hospital in Malakpet to NIMS, Punjagutta, in just 12 minutes on Wednesday afternoon. The transplantation was expected to be completed by evening. The last heart transplantation was performed at NIMS in 2018.
Significantly, the recipient, a painter in his early 30s, was registered with the State government’s Jeevandan cadaver transplantation programme on Tuesday. It is unusual for a recipient to receive an organ within a day of registering.