Green corridor helps three get a new life

Noida: The kidneys and liver of a 74-year-old man gave a fresh lease of life for three others when a green corriodor was created to transplant the organs on Monday.

Pawan Kumar, a resident of Kavi Nagar in Ghaziabad, was suffering from high blood pressure. He was first admitted to Yashoda Hospital in Ghaziabad. His condition worsened when a clot developed in his brain. He was later shifted to Jaypee Hospital in Sector 128 on Sunday night.

“The patient was suffering from a blood clot in the brain. He was not responding to medical care and was declared brain dead due to hemorrhage on Monday,” said Dr Amit Devra, senior consultant, renal transplant at Jaypee Hospital.

After Kumar’s family members told doctors that he had wanted to donate his organs after his death, they contacted the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) about harvesting of the organs. The NOTTO told the hospital to use the liver and one kidney for two patients in Jaypee Hospital and the other kidney to be transplanted to another patient in Fortis Hospital, Sector 62.

Devra said the hospital transplanted the harvested kidney to a 63-year-old patient. “This patient was looking for a suitable donor for the past four years. We are in the process of transplanting the liver to another patient in Jaypee Hospital,” he said. The hospital did not share the identities of the two receivers.

Meanwhile, the Jaypee Hospital and Fortis Hospital coordinated for a safe and smooth transportation of the kidney. The city police was also informed about the same. Dinesh Yadav, SP (city), said the police established a

green corridor

between the two hospitals in the afternoon. “We provided an escort vehicle with the ambulance, which was carrying the harvested organ. The ambulance left Jaypee Hospital at 12:07 pm and reached Fortis Hospital at 12:24 pm. The 16km busy route was covered in 17 minutes,” Yadav said.

The recipient of the kidney at Fortis Hospital is 39-year-old Sharda Devi, who was on dialysis for the past two years. The surgical team at Fortis Hospital was led by Manoj Singhal, director, department of nephrology, and Dushyant Nadar, additional director and coordinator, urology and kidney transplantation.

Singhal said that the receiver was in need of kidney transplant but had no donor from within her family. “The closest relative, her husband, was diabetic and was not in a medical condition to donate the organ. The patient’s blood matched with the donor and the surgery could be easily conducted,” he said.

“We are happy that he was able to give a lease of life to three persons,” said a family member of donor Pawan Kumar.


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