First Lung🎈 Transplant On Covid Survivor

 First Lung🎈 Transplant On Covid Survivor

Doctors at a private hospital in Chennai claim to have performed Asia's first lung transplant surgery on a COVID-19 survivor, giving him hope of a better life after the virus severely damaged his lungs. The 48-year-old Gurugram-based businessman, doctors said, is doing fine and his new lungs are working well.

Talking to NDTV, Dr KR Balakrishnan, the Chairman and Director of heart and lung transplant programme at the MGM Healthcare, said the patient had contracted COVID-19 on June 8 and his lungs were badly affected by coronavirus-related fibrosis. In July, he was airlifted to Chennai on ventilatory support and put on ECMO treatment.

"Lung transplant may well be the answer to saving the lives of many COVID survivors whose lungs have developed fibrosis, a chronic condition that makes them a respiratory cripple," Dr Apar Jindal, Clinical Director at MGM Healthcare, said.

In the recent weeks, there has also been growing evidence of COVID survivors reporting symptoms of lung fibrosis and cardiovascular problems, besides extreme fatigue, brain fog and giddiness, leaving them debilitated and vulnerable to strokes.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-chennai-doctors-perform-asias-first-lung-transplant-on-covid-survivor-2287209