TRANS ASIA NEWS CHENNAI: In what seems like a case of the entire universe conspiring to make a 21 year old live on with a transplanted heart, all of Chennai came together in an orchestrated harmony to cooperate with military precision and enable the passage of a freshly harvested heart from a brain-dead road accident victim at Government General Hospital to another in desperate need of a new heart waiting at Fortis Malar Hospitals in Adyar, about 12km away, in less than 14 minutes by creating a "green corridor" - that is, red-light free access. Dr Suresh Rao, chief anaesthetist at Fortis Malar said, “As soon as the heart was brought, the transplant began. By 10.15pm, the heart was beating in...
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