Teenager receives heart transplant at SPCHC after donor organ transported from Guntur
A 14-year-old girl has received a heart transplant at SPCHC, which performed its 27th such operation, according to The Hindu. The donor heart was transported by road from Guntur to Tirupati in four hours after a 38-year-old man was declared brain-dead following a road accident.
A 14-year-old girl has received a heart transplant at SPCHC, according to information supplied from The Hindu. The procedure was the centre’s 27th heart transplant. The donor heart was transported by road from Guntur to Tirupati in four hours, allowing it to reach the hospital for the operation.
The donor was a 38-year-old man who had been declared brain-dead after a road accident. The supplied material does not identify either the donor or the recipient, and it provides no details about the circumstances of the donation beyond the donor’s medical declaration. No information is given about the girl’s condition before surgery, her recovery after the transplant or the medical team involved.
The source also does not specify the date of the operation or the route used for transporting the organ. The reported transplant adds to SPCHC’s total of 27 heart-transplant procedures. Further clinical details were not included in the supplied material.
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