Kolkata, April 20, 2020: Mr Amit Kumar Dey, 45 yrs old gentleman (Medica
UHID-466198) residing at Debogram, Ilam Bazar, P.S.-Kaliganj, Dist-Nadia,
Pin-741137, a Shopkeeper by profession consulted Dr. Kunal Sarkar in the month
of January 2020 with end stage heart failure. He had suffered massive
myocardial Infarction. His heart function was severely compromised as it had
affected both right and left ventricle.
He was put on the list of organ
recipient in ROTTO Portal after appropriate investigation. His heart function
became much worse and was admitted in Medica Superspecialty Hospital on 17th
Feb, 2020. He remained very critically ill, suffered two cardiac arrests.He was
on ventilator with Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) support.
Considering his critical
condition we requested ROTTO to give priority for organ allocation. By the
first week of March as all of us were getting anxious about CORONA situation,
it was looking less and less likely that this gentleman could make it to the transplant.
Fortunately on 17th
March, 2020 we were alerted by ROTTO that one donor heart is available at
Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Science (IGIMS), Patna. Our retrieval team
was rushed to IGIMS (Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences), in the early
morning of 18th March, 2020.
The heart was harvested and
transported to Kolkata within two hours. This would not have been possible
without the outmost collaboration of IGIMS, Patna Police, Indigo Airline,
ROTTO, Bidhannagar Police and Kolkata Police.
We are also deeply indebted to
the family of the organ Donor.
The Heart Transplant was done
successfully on 18th March, 2020. Mr Deymade a good recovery without
any complications. In the mean time because of the Lockdown situation his
discharge had to be delayed.
We have utilized this time to
make a thorough assessment of his home situation. Maintaining hygiene,
nutrition and minimum contact will be very important and more so in this period
of Covid pandemic. His family members have been trained and counselled
thoroughly on home management. We have planned to discharge Mr. Dey on 21st
April, 2020.
This entire exercise would not
have been possible without support of Medica Superspecialty Hospital and its
benefactors. The entire expenses of this two months period have been supported
by the hospital.
The Heart Transplant team of Medica Superspecialty Hospital:
Dr. Kunal Sarkar, Dr Sandip Sardar, Dr Arpan Chakraborty, Dr Dipanjan Chatterjee, Dr Soumyajit Ghosh, team Perfusionists and Physician Assistant.
Dr. Kunal Sarkar, Dr Sandip Sardar, Dr Arpan Chakraborty, Dr Dipanjan Chatterjee, Dr Soumyajit Ghosh, team Perfusionists and Physician Assistant.
We will continue to follow him up
and wish him the best for the future.

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