• 23 year old student gives a new lease of life to three needy patients

• First time 5 major transplants simultaneously took place in Pune’s Sahyadri Hospital

• Heart Transplant, simultaneous Kidney – Pancreas and Liver - Kidney transplants at Sahyadri Hospitals

Pune, September 2019: A 23 year old student from Pune was declared brain dead at Sahyadri Super Speciality Hospitals Nagar Road after he met with an accident at Vishrantwadi area, gave a new lease of life to three needy patients. The family members made a noble gesture by donating his heart, two kidneys, liver and pancreas. The student who had met with an accident on 15^th September and sustained severe head injuries was admitted to Sahyadri Hospital Nagar Road and later was declared brain dead on 17^th September 2019. The organs were harvested in the early hours of 18^th September (2 am); his heart, one kidney and pancreas were brought to Deccan at 6.25 am.

The heart was transplanted on 65 year old Professor of Forensic Medicine and HOD in Talegaon Medical College at Sahyadri Super Speciality Hospital Deccan Gymkhana. One kidney and pancreas were simultaneously transplanted at Deccan Unit on a 55 year old patient from Chennai suffering from type II diabetes leading to kidney and pancreas failure while at Nagar Road unit the other kidney and liver were transplanted simultaneously on a 32 year old male IT professional from Karad who was suffering from Hepatitis B and chronic kidney disease.

The team who was involved in these multiple transplants in Sahyadri Hospitals includes Heart Transplant Surgeon at Sahyadri Hospitals- Dr Manoj Durairaj, Cardiac Surgeons - Dr Rajesh Kaushish and Dr Sandeep Tadas, Cardiac Anesthetists -Dr Shantanu Shastri, Dr. Suhas Sonawane and Dr Saurabh Bokil, Cardiologist -Dr Priya Palimkar; Liver & Multi organ Transplant Surgeons at Sahyadri Hospitals- Dr Bipin Vibhute, Dr Dinesh Zirpe and Dr Shailesh Sable, Transplant Anesthetists - Dr Manish Pathak and Dr Manoj Raut, Transplant Hepatologist- Dr Sheetal Mahajani, Liver Transplant Surgeon-Dr Aniruddha Bhosale , Nephrologists Dr Manan Doshi and Dr. Sachin Patil, Associate Clinician-Dr Abhijeet Mane, Medical Social Worker Sharmila Padhye and Transplant coordinators Rahul Tambe, Arun Ashokan and Aman Bele who counselled the relatives for organ donation. The relatives immediately gave their consent.

Sharing more details about the Heart transplant, Dr Manoj Durairaj said “Once we received information about the brain dead patient and that he had given consent, our team went to Sahyadri Nagar Road and retrieved the heart at 6.15 am, our team arrived at Sahyadri Deccan Unit at 6.25 am. The heart was transplanted on a 65-year old forensic medicine professor residing at Kothrud. The surgery took two hours and post the transplant the heart started beating vigorously in the new body. We are satisfied that a renowned professor showed faith in our heart transplant program. A completely in-house team of surgeons, cardiologists and anaesthetists performed the successful third heart transplant in a span of few months at Sahyadri Deccan Unit.”

Talking about Liver and Multi-Organ Transplant, Dr Bipin Vibute said, “The retrieved one Kidney and pancreas were simultaneously transplanted on a 55 year old male from Chennai who was suffering from type II diabetes since 20 years. Liver and second kidney harvested from the donor was transplanted on a 32 year old patient from Karad who was suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease as well as Hepatitis –B. His condition was worsening and transplant was the only option for his survival.”

“We specially thank Liver and Multi-organ transplant surgeon Dr. Senthil Kumar and Anaesthetists Dr Dinesh Babu for being part of this crucial transplant,” added Dr. Vibhute.

Dr Ketan Apte, Unit Head Sahyadri Hospitals said, “Pune is emerging as one of the leading centre for organ donation and transplant programmes and Sahyadri Hospitals has been at its forefront in this cause. However, this has been possible due to the availability of World Class facilities, team of skilled doctors, anaesthetists, medical social workers and support staff. The role played by ZTCC and the traffic police has been central to the success of our transplant program. Above all we would like to salute the donors and their relatives, in this case relatives of a 23 year old student who were although in immense grief of losing their young son but took a brave and noble decision to donate his organs to help the needy ones. We will continue to pursue organ donation awareness programs so that more and more needy patients can get a new lease of life.”

He added that this is the first time that we were simultaneously performing 5 transplants at the same time and would like to thank the entire team for he success.

Sahyadri Hospitals’ has always believed in constantly innovating treatments to ensure the best care possible to all patients. Cutting edge pre and postoperative care help speedy recovery and improve cost efficiency. The hospital recently conducted a liver transplant on a 62 year old male suffering from end stage liver cirrhosis with liver cancer. With the newer, internationally approved measures and meticulous pre – operative and post – operative procedures, the patient was able to be discharged on the third day after the surgery. This ensured that the cost of the surgery was brought down considerably as well.

Liver transplants are usually quite lengthy. However, by using cutting edge world class transplant facilities and procedures, Sahyadri Hospitals’ Liver Transplant Team made sure that the patient was very well prepared physically, mentally and nutritionally prior to the surgery. Sahyadri Hospitals were thus able to shorten the duration of stay in the hospital which also reduced the cost of surgery.

The 'fast-track approach', however, is not for all. It is used only in carefully selected patients. In addition to faster recovery, fast-track approach also helps in slashing the cost of surgery, said doctors.

The Liver Team believed that the patient would recover fastest when at home. They ensured that progress reports were sent twice a day. The pre surgery protocols and post-operative care for the patient that were put in place made it possible for the patient to be discharged soon after the surgery. With our advanced infrastructure, latest technology and internationally approved procedures it is more becoming easy to ensure fast and safe treatments for our patients.

The surgery was performed at Sahyadri Speciality Hospital Deccan Gymkhana by a team comprising Multi-organ Transplant surgeons – Dr Bipin Vibhute, Dr. Sharan Narute, Dr. Dinesh Zirpe, Dr Anurag Shrimal & Dr Gaurav Gupta, Transplant anaesthetist Dr Manish Pathak, Hepatlogist & Gatsroenterologist Dr. Sandeep Kulkarni, Asst. Surgeon Dr. Abhijeet Mane, Transplant coordinators – Mr Arun Ashokan & Mr Rahul Tambe & Medical Social Worker - Mrs Sharmila Padhye.

Liver transplant is among the most expensive surgical procedures being performed. Our vision is to make clinical care patient centric & affordable without compromising on its quality so that it can benefit many more people in India. We, believe that Fast Tracking is the way to go so that we can reduce the hospital stay and hence the cost of transplant. Using Fast Tracking surgery our Transplant Team could discharge most of our patients (approx. 90%) on day 5 of transplant Surgery.

Sahyadri Hospitals have successfully conducted kidney & pancreas transplant and liver transplant simultaneously on different patients on 16th June 2017 at Sahyadri Speciality Hospital Deccan Gymkhana. For the first time in Western India, a single centre has performed kidney & pancreas transplant and liver transplant simultaneously on different patients. This was the second kidney and pancreas transplant conducted in the state of Maharashtra and also marked the 50th liver transplant by Sahyadri Hospitals.

Kidney and pancreas were transplanted to a 27 year old who was suffering from renal failure and severe diabetes which had damaged his kidney, while the liver was transplanted to a 62 year old patient who was suffering from chronic liver disease.

Diabetes is one of the most common problems in India and can affect various organs. Replacing kidney and pancreas is one of the most useful solution, however, pancreas transplant are still rare in India.

This surgery eliminates problems by optimally controlling sugar levels and by protecting the transplanted kidney from the adverse effects of diabetes. Additionally, it will also help reverse the effects of diabetes on other systems including peripheral neuropathy thus, protecting the limbs. The complex transplant surgeries were performed with the help of various speciality doctors including multi-organ transplant surgeons - Dr. Bipin Vibhute, Dr. Anil Vaidya, Dr. Dinesh Zirpe, Dr. Sharan Narute & Dr. Abhijeet Mane, transplant Anaesthetists - Dr. Manish Phatak & Dr. Dinesh Babu, Nephrologist - Dr. Sachin Patil & Hepatologist, Gastroenterologist - Dr. Sandeep Kulkarni. Transplant coordinators - Mr. Arun Ashokan & Mr. Rahul Tambe and Medical Social Worker Ms. Sharmila Padhye were also part of this team.

A Liver and a Kidney of a Brain Dead Patient in Nashik transported to Sahyadri Speciality Hospital, Deccan Gymkhana via Green Corridor in record 3.25 hrs.

• First of its kind green corridor on Nashik-Pune highway
• Sahyadri Hospital’s first intercity Organ transfer

For the first time, a green corridor was set up from Nashik to Pune when the liver of a brain-dead 55-year-old woman was brought to Sahyadri Speciality Hospital Deccan Gymkhana for transplant on 10th May.  The harvested Liver was transplanted in 49 years old patient suffering from chronic liver disease.

55 year old lady was admitted with hypertensive intracranial bleeding at Sahyadri Speciality Hospital Nashik on 7th May. Assessing her medical condition, she was declared brain dead on 9th May. The medical team of Sahyadri Speciality Hospital Nashik counseled the relatives of brain dead patient for Organ donation, to which they agreed voluntarily.

Since, Sahyadri Speciality Hospital Nashik is not an official centre for Organ retrieval, the donor was transferred to an official organ retrieval centre in Nashik. The liver was allocated to Sahyadri Speciality Hospital Deccan Gymkhana according to ZTCC rules and regulations.

Sahyadri Hospitals liver team immediately travelled to Nashik and carried out the Organ retrieval procedure in the morning.  As per the requirement, a green corridor was created between Nashik and Sahyadri Speciality Hospital, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune for unhindered transportation of the liver. The distance of 210 km was covered in just 3.25 hours. The successful green corridor was the result of planned and coordinated efforts of the traffic division.

The event saw a well-coordinated effort of more than 100 traffic police officers in Pune, Traffic Police at Nashik, Medical team of Sahyadri Speciality Hospital Nashik, which counselled the organ donor family, our liver team & the entire Sahyadri Speciality Hospital, Deccan Gymkhana medical & operations team.