350 km long green corridor for the first time in MP
Liver brought from Jabalpur to Bhopal at 2.20 pm; Traveled in 4 hours
For the first time in the history of Madhya Pradesh, the longest green corridor of about 350 kilometers has been built. The liver of a brain dead patient was brought to Bhopal by road from Jabalpur at 2.20 pm on Thursday-Friday. The team of doctors had left for Bhopal with the liver at around 10.31 pm on Thursday night. That means the journey from Jabalpur to Bhopal was completed in about four hours. Doctors started the liver transplant surgery of the patient admitted at Bansal Hospital here at around 3.30 in the morning.
Earlier there was a plan to bring the liver through helicopter. The team of doctors flew from Bhopal to Jabalpur in CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan’s helicopter, but due to it being night, the helicopter did not take the return flight. After which the decision was taken to bring the liver by road. The liver has been brought from Metro Hospital in Jabalpur to Bansal Hospital in Bhopal.
Bansal Hospital manager Lokesh Jha said that CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan had provided a helicopter to the doctors to bring Argon from Jabalpur.
Dr. Rakesh Bhargava, Secretary of Kiran Foundation, which works for organ donation, said that for the first time in the state, on the intervening night of Thursday-Friday, the longest 350 km long green corridor was built between Jabalpur and Bhopal. Which was built between Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Raisen and Bhopal.
Earlier on May 10 this year, a 205 km long green corridor was built between Bhopal and Indore. Then, one kidney of Pushpalata Jain, who was admitted in Bhopal’s Bansal Hospital after brain hemorrhage, was sent for transplant to a patient admitted in a private hospital in Indore.
Dr. Rakesh Bhargava told that on July 24, 2017 also, the organ of a brain dead patient from Jabalpur was transplanted to Bhopal. Then it was brought by flight. But, for the first time, argan is being brought from Jabalpur to Bhopal by road.
Bansal Hospital manager Lokesh Jha said that a 64-year-old patient was declared brain dead at Jabalpur’s Metro Hospital on September 20. His family had expressed their desire to donate his organs. After which the liver was removed through surgery in one to one and a half hours. Which will be transplanted to a patient admitted in Bansal Hospital, Bhopal. This surgery may last for 5 to 10 hours. Dr. Gurusagar Singh Sahota (Liver Transplant Surgeon) of Bansal Hospital is leading the entire operation.
Dr. Saurabh Badaria of Metro Hospital Jabalpur said that a 64-year-old patient was admitted on September 19. He had a brain tumor. Even after the treatment given in the hospital, his health did not improve. The patient became brain dead on the morning of 20 September. His family members had expressed their desire to donate the organ. On this, the team of doctors had informed the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) about organ donation as per the prescribed protocol. After getting the approval, it was decided to send the liver to Bhopal.
Piyush Saraf told that his maternal uncle Rajeev Saraf was diagnosed with brain tumor on March 27 this year. The surgery was done on March 29 in Nagpur hospital. After this he recovered. On September 19, he suffered a brain stroke. After this he was admitted to Metro Hospital for treatment. But, he did not recover. Rather became brain dead. Due to this, the family decided to donate uncle’s organ. So that another person can get life from their organ. Rajeev Saraf was originally a resident of Betul.
