Narayana Health City Performs Karnataka’s Youngest Heart Transplant

End st heart failure is one of conditions mired with high mortality. Around 1/4th of children who suffer from end st heart failure die within 6 months and a majority of m do t survive beyond two years of . pediatric cardiology department of Narayana Health City has brought a ray of hope to children suffering from end-st heart failure by successfully performing a heart transplant surgery on a child as young as 4 years of .

transplant surgery has unique distinction of being Karnataka’s youngest heart transplant. Dr. B R Ravikan Gowda, ditional Commissioner (Traffic), Bengaluru City Traffic Police, Dr. Kishore Phke, Conver, Jeevasarthaka, Dr. Varun Shetty, Consultant-Cardiothoracic Surgery & Heart Transplant, Narayana Health City and Dr. Thiruthani Kumaran, Consultant-Cardiothoracic Surgery & Heart Transplant, Narayana Health City were present at event wherein case study was elaborated.

Hailing from Kolkata in West Bengal, Master Chahal Patwari, 4-year-old heart transplant recipient was suffering from Dilated Cardiomyopathy since time he was 2 years of . Though he was under treatment his condition did t improve, rar it started deteriorating. In fact, disease h weakened his heart’s ability to pump and he was t in a condition to even eat or play. family’s search for a quality pediatric cardiac care brought m to Narayana Health City, Bangalore.

On mission, child’s condition was very critical. pediatric team under aegis of Dr. Shashiraj Subramanya, Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist & Heart Transplant Physician, Narayana Health City, did a thorough evaluation of child. As only treatment for end-st heart failure is a heart transplant, medical team vised family to register with Jeevasarthaka. family registered with Jeevasarthaka in February 2019.

In India, owing to lack of awareness and participation in organ donation, especially heart donation, heart donation is still at its nascent st. Although official statistics is available, hundreds of end st heart failure patients die every year waiting for a suitable heart. After a long wait of around 11 months, child received a suitable heart on December 21st, 2019 and doctors successfully performed surgery. He was discharged from hospital within 15 days after surgery and w leing a near-rmal life. In fact, doctors say, heart transplant can be successfully done in selected cases with an excellent outcomes in children as young as less than 1 year .

Elaborating about case, Dr. Shashiraj Subramanya, Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist & Heart Transplant Physician, Narayana Health City, said, “ health of recipient is very crucial to ensure success of a heart transplant. In case of Master Chahal Patwari, he was t only at fourth st of heart failure but also, he was very weak. biggest challenge in this case was to keep him stable and alive till we found a matching dor. In fact, his condition was so critical that he h to be in hospital for 11 months on life saving medicines. With help of our comprehensive medical team we provided him t only equate treatment but also worked rigorously to find best matching dor. More importantly, despite prolonged hospital stay he did t get a single episode of infection and attained very good nutritional status that helped him sail through surgery smoothly.”

Discussing about transplant, Dr. Julius Punnen, Heart & Lung Transplant Surgeon, Narayana Health City, said, “Apart from blood match crucial aspect is weight match. A patient can receive heart from someone who is about two and half times heavier than himself or herself. In this case as team h ensured child was healthy as well as h an optimal weight we could find a matching dor and save his life by performing heart transplant.”

transplant surgery lasted for around 4 hours. After surgery child was discharged within 15 days bringing an end to his 11 month long hospital stay.

His saviour is a 45 year old man who h a suffered from brain haemorrh and was mitted at Aster CMI Hospital, Hebbal, Bangalore. He was declared brain de on December 21st and his family consented for organ donation. His heart saved life of Master Chahal Patwari. heart was transported from Aster CMI Hebbal to Narayana Health City through a green corridor facilitated by traffic police. distance of 35 kms was covered in a span of 29 minutes.

Expressing his joy, Mr. Kamal Patwari, patient’s far, said, “In time of darkness, Narayana Health City came as a ray of hope in our lives. Master Chahal Patwari is our only child and we h lost hope till we came to Narayana Health City. We are t only thankful to entire team of Narayana Health City but also deeply indebted to dor’s family for saving our child.”

event also witnessed Dr. B R Ravikan Gowda, ditional Commissioner (Traffic), Bangalore City Traffic Police being felicitated for his constant support and ensuring timely transportation of organs.

Sharing his contentment of being a part of a lifesaving procedure, Dr. B R Ravikan Gowda, ditional Commissioner (Traffic), Bangalore City Traffic Police, said, “It gives me immense pleasure to be a part of such a lifesaving mission. We are gl that we have been instrumental in saving life of this young boy.”

dressing garing at event, Dr. Kishore Phke, Conver, Jeevasarthaka - apex body of Govt of Karnataka for Decease Dor Organ Transplants, said, “While re is an increase in number of people coming forward to donate organs, it is still far from desirable. Over last few years heart transplant has grown 2 times. Last year we were able to provide support to 30+ heart transplants in city. re is a growing need for creating awareness and dispelling myths around organ donation.”

case study t only stands as an example of clinical excellence of Narayana Health City, it also provides a ray of hope to those suffering from cardiac ailments. With this transplant Narayana Health becomes one of leing hospital chains in city who have been successfully performing heart transplants. group has performed 76 heart transplants across its hospitals in city. Out of 76, 10 are pediatric heart transplants.