Kolkata: A 52-year-old engineer from Shibpur, who has suffered from the failure of the end-stage heart, can now expect to live a healthy living after a transplant operation that lasts late Wednesday night.
Thanks to a 56-year-old farmer from Bagda in North 24 Parganas, donors died, the organ had promised to bring back four of the jaw of death, the other three were an ITI student, a central government employee and a small time trader.
The Mondal Surjakanta family agreed to donate organs on Wednesday after he suffered from the brain death at the IPGMER Trauma Care Center (TCC).
Heart, liver and two kidneys transplanted while the skin and cornea eyes turn.
Farmers suffered a big head injury in a traffic accident in his village in November 2.
Initially rushed to a local hospital, he was then called SSKM.
“TCC doctors tried hard to save him.
But when they realized that my father-in-law suffered from brain death, they explained to us saying that if we agreed that he could save some life in death, “said Pradip Sarkar.
Even as a family sure about the phenomenon of brain-death, they initially worry to donate organs like what the village would say.
Cordianators Transplant IPGMER and the TCC critical care doctor stepped to answer all their questions healed by their fears.
The late Lilabati wife, illiteracy, agreed to donations.
Rotto was allocated the heart of the Narayana Superspecialty Hospital in Howrah where he was transferred to a 52-year-old engineer.
While the heart was transplanted to the 57-year-old central government employee from Kolkata at Ipgmer, the kidney was received by a 21-year-old student from Bankura and 31-year-old from Hooghly, who married only six months ago – both at the SSKM Hospital.
“The recipient of the heart has cirrhosis that requires transplants and has been waiting for a suitable donor,” said Hepatology transplantation SK Mahiuddin Ahammed, the long with doctor Sukanta Ray, Tapas Ghosh, Tuhin and Soumak operations in the IPGMER digestive school and heart disease.
This is the organs of this year’s donation in Bengal which is realized in transplants, more than half has been produced from the country only level I TCC.
“There are several brain-death declarations in TCC but the family does not approve of organ donations.
We hold a regular orientation program so we can get more families agreeing to organ donations in the case of brain death, “said Director of Ipgmer Manimoy Bandyopadhyay.
Even though the pandemic, Rotto has actively supported and coordinated all hospitals on the contribution and allocation of organs.
“We are very grateful to the donor family.
Organ transplants not only save lives but ensure better quality of life, we are proud of our transplant team, critical care doctors and other people involved in this, “said R Venkatesh, regional director (east) from Narayana Health.