APOLLO HOSPITALS’ ANNOUNCES FIRST DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT IN INDIA DURING COVID PANDEMIC
ECMO used successfully as bridge while patient was waiting for lung transplants Apollo Hospitals has given a new lease of life to most number of patients using ECMO machine, including India's longest patient on ECMO for 46 days prior to a successful transplant Chennai, October 8, 2020: The Apollo Hospitals Group today demonstrated its leadership in the field of organ transplants with the announcement of the first Double Lung Transplant during the COVID pandemic in India. The patient was a 39-year-old whose lung condition deteriorated significantly in the months before the transplant when the country was in lockdown due to the pandemic. He was put on ECMO or Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation to support his heart and lungs till donor lungs were available. The double lung transplant surgery took place successfully on July 29, 2020 at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, and after a robust recovery, the transplant recipient was discharged on August 27, 2020. From Left to right – team of doct...
