Mangaluru, Apr 13: The police in Mangaluru on a busy Monday evening stretched themselves to create a traffic-free corridor. For once, it was not for a VVIP but for a harvested organ of an accident victim that had to reach Bengaluru within 45 minutes for transplantation. The efforts proved successful.
The box containing the liver of Jeevan Vijay Fernandez, reached the Mangalore International Airport within the stipulated time. A special flight is airlifting the heart to Bengaluru.
Minute-to-minute coordination between various departments in Mangaluru helped the organ reach the Airport from A J Hospital at Kuntikana, a distance of around 15 km, within a few minutes. In normal traffic, vehicles sometimes take half an hour to reach this destination.
Recently hearts of donors had been airlifted from Bengaluru to Chennai. However, for the first time a vital human organ was transported from Mangaluru to another city on Monday.
The donor was a 24-year-old brain dead patient at the A J Hospital. The liver had to be transported to the BGS Global Hospitals in Bengaluru where a patient was waiting to receive it.
A resident of Belloor in Bantwal taluk, Jeevan was critically injured in a motorbike accident on April 10 at Adyar near here.
The tragedy took place when Jeevan and his friend were on their way to Mangaluru. It is said that Jeevan was thrown onto the road when he suddenly applied breaks to avoid hitting a pedestrian. After battling for life for two days in the hospital, he was declared brain dead.
Shocked family members decided to donate the vital organs of Jeevan, who was known for his helping nature. However, experts decided to transport only his liver due to lack of facilities in Mangaluru, where in such a procedure is being carried out for the first time.
Two specialists from Bengaluru along with two surgeons from AJ Hospital successfully removed the live liver from body of body of Jeevan and put inside the safe box.
Dr Sudheesh Rao of AJ Hospital, said that vital organs of brain dead patients can be transplanted to others. He said that within 45 minutes, the liver should reach BGS Global Hospital, wherein it will be placed in a special solution and transplanted to another patient.
It is learnt that Jeevan’s father Jerome Fernadez is a cancer patient. Jeevan’s sister’s marriage was scheduled for May 4.
It may be recalled here that Apple Computers founder Steve Jobs’ life was extended by two and a half years after being given the liver of a young car crash victim.
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