Hyderabad: The health authority worried at Telangana on Thursday said they looked at a number of cases of lung transplantation, underlining the awesome impact of the Corenavirus in the human body.
Before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic by 2020, only 25 transplants were recorded under the leading program of Jeevandan in the previous seven years.
The last 18 months have seen more than 100 transplants and this is the first time the number of recipients is more than the number of donors with a waiting list of around 50 in the state, said Dr.
Gwarnalha, is responsible for Jeevandan, adding that previously there are always more donors than takers and There has never been a waiting list.
“With Covid-19 infecting the lungs, we see the number of patients who need lung transplants and many people registered and complete transplants.
Also, hospitals have onboarded experts and lung transplant teams have improved their strategy and expertise,” he said .
Dr.
Swarnalata said people also advanced for transplants, if they have complications.
Many discussions have been around the subject and people have seen the results of patients who create certain positive vibrations between the public, “he added.
While the lung transplant has seen a leap during a pandemic, mainly due to severe damage to the lungs of Covid-19 , awareness about lung transplantation increases rapidly and the doctor said the patient now asked for his own transplantation too.
“Lung transplantation appears in the public eye and they begin to expect lung transplants, especially after reports from the US about an Indian doctor who transplants lungs -Paru for covid-19 patients at Chicago University, becoming a viral, “said Dr.
Jnanesh Thacker, a senior cardio-thoracic heart transplant surgeon, Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad.
Dr.
Thacker, who has completed 500 heart and lung transplants globally And entering the world registry said: “I have many patients who ask for themselves.
People realize it can save them from death.
“Among patients with transplant themselves are 39-year-old businesses from Musheerabad.” I weaned ventilators after 15 days but even after that I continued to have shortness of breath.
That’s when I looked for transplants, “he said -4 months.
This group may require transplants, “said Dr.
A Raghukanth, a pulmonologist senior consultant, Medicover Hospital.
T’Gana: Covid triggers a surge in lung transplantation
