Kochi: With health minister V S Sivakumar announcing that the air ambulance service will be operational within two months, hospitals in the city will have to look at various options to avail the facility for organ transplants. In the central zone, 14 hospitals from Ernakulam, Kottayam and Thrissur are doing organ transplant with the approval of Kerala Network of Organ Sharing (KNOS).
While the first heart was done using a navy aircraft, doctors are unsure as how the service will be made effective and viable for operators. "For hospitals in the city, the Nehru stadium would be an ideal a landing point. It is the heart which has a time limit of four hours. But if other organs are also transferred with it, then it is a viable option," said Dr Jose Chacko Periappuram the surgeon who was involved in the first air ambulance aided organ transplantation in Kerala.
20/09/15 Sudha Nambudiri/Times of India
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While the first heart was done using a navy aircraft, doctors are unsure as how the service will be made effective and viable for operators. "For hospitals in the city, the Nehru stadium would be an ideal a landing point. It is the heart which has a time limit of four hours. But if other organs are also transferred with it, then it is a viable option," said Dr Jose Chacko Periappuram the surgeon who was involved in the first air ambulance aided organ transplantation in Kerala.
20/09/15 Sudha Nambudiri/Times of India
