GUNTUR : The doctors of Government General Hospital (GGH) in Guntur transplanted the heart of a brain-dead man to a needy patient here on Tuesday. O Subba Reddy, who was injured in a road accident in Ongole of Prakasam district, was shifted to Nellore Private Hospital for better treatment where he was declared brain dead on Tuesday.
However, with the consent of his family members, Subba Reddy’s heart was airlifted to the Guntur GGH by a helicopter. The doctors at GGH transplanted the heart to Heeramunbhai of Kurnool who was undergoing treatment for cardiomyopathy.
The doctors’ team included Dr Gopala Krishna Gokhale, Dr Srinivasa Rao, Dr Bharadwaj, Dr Sudhakar, Dr Subrahmanyam, Dr Chiranjeevi, Dr Sridevi and Dr Hanumanth Naik.
On the occasion, GGH superintendent Dr DV Raju Naidu said that the patient is recuperating and added that the GGH will now become famous for performing heart transplantation surgeries at zero expenses.