Madurai: Despite being alerted at the eleventh hour, city traffic police on Saturday successfully cleared the way for the transportation of a liver from the airport to a city hospital, a distance of 20km, in just around 18 minutes. The liver, which belonged to brain dead woman in Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, was transplanted to a 35-year-old man from Kerala in Madurai.
The liver was transported through road from Nellore to Chennai and was airlifted to Madurai. Doctors at the Apollo Hospital, where the transplantation surgery took place, said the liver was harvested at around 4.45 am and reached Chennai after four hours of road travel. After waiting at the Chennai airport for nearly 30 minutes for the flight, the team arrived with the liver at Madurai airport at around 11.05am. It reached the hospital by 11.23am.
This was the fifth liver transplant surgery in Madurai. In the southern region, just one hospital, in Madurai, has carried out liver transplantations so far.
27/09/15 Times of India
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The liver was transported through road from Nellore to Chennai and was airlifted to Madurai. Doctors at the Apollo Hospital, where the transplantation surgery took place, said the liver was harvested at around 4.45 am and reached Chennai after four hours of road travel. After waiting at the Chennai airport for nearly 30 minutes for the flight, the team arrived with the liver at Madurai airport at around 11.05am. It reached the hospital by 11.23am.
This was the fifth liver transplant surgery in Madurai. In the southern region, just one hospital, in Madurai, has carried out liver transplantations so far.
27/09/15 Times of India
