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00:00You must have seen and read many such news about organ donation.
00:05How much time does it take, what does it take, everything is there.
00:08But amidst all this, Amrita Hospital has once again done wonders.
00:11Actually, a woman's body parts were donated by the women's association.
00:17And in a very short time and with a lot of teamwork,
00:21there are many such body parts that were given to other patients.
00:25And they were given a new life.
00:27Whether we talk about eyes, hands, lungs, kidneys,
00:30there are many such organs that have been donated.
00:33And Amrita Hospital has successfully sent the donor to another patient.
00:38We have a team of doctors with us.
00:40And you will see here, there are all the doctors who were in surgery,
00:43who were in planning.
00:45The biggest challenge is about time.
00:47Sir is present with me.
00:48Sir, what is your name?
00:49I am Dr. Sanjeev Singh.
00:50I am the medical director of Amrita Hospital.
00:53Sir, it is often seen that there are many misconceptions about organ donation.
00:57What should be done in how much time, what should not be done.
01:00There are many things.
01:01What was the case in Amrita Hospital and how did you donate your organs?
01:05So when on December 31, when the whole world was celebrating its New Year's Eve,
01:12then there was a 76-year-old woman who was admitted in some other hospital.
01:17Her wish was to donate organs, to donate the body.
01:21She did not have that much facility.
01:24We got information, we shifted her here.
01:27Our brain death committee declared her immediately.
01:31We have the whole team present.
01:33Other than liver and kidney, hand, cornea.
01:36So immediately after the declaration, all people woke up.
01:41And by moving them here, two corneas, two hands, liver and kidney were transplanted here.
01:50It was successfully transplanted and donors were also found.
01:53At the same time, when we got this information, we had to call all the recipients.
01:59One recipient came from Rishikesh, one from Jammu, and one from Rohatak.
02:08Coordinating different recipients, calling them, matching their samples,
02:14all this work is very important in the background.
02:17And this donation is very important for us,
02:23because in Delhi and NCR, the disease donor program is not as successful as it is in the southern part of India.
02:32So through you, we would like more and more people to know,
02:36they should be active and come forward to donate their organs.
02:41Because one body can benefit about 23 people.
02:46And this woman has done it, so we salute her.
02:50And we would like to spread this through you,
02:54that more and more people should donate, so that we can make our life more productive.
02:59How many types of organs are donated in the hospital?
03:02I think you also get a license.
03:05So our hospital is such an old hospital, in which we have got permission for 13 organ transplants.
03:13Most of the hospitals do liver and kidneys,
03:17but here, because we have a team, a talent, a multidisciplinary team is available,
03:23so we have the approval of 13 organs, and as soon as the recipient is available,
03:29the whole team comes together and on the basis of organs, we do the whole donation.
03:34How many people benefited from this woman?
03:37About 4-5 people benefited from this woman.
03:425 people.
03:43We have other doctors, what is your name?
03:46My name is Dr. Shaleen Agrawal.
03:48I am the head of the department of liver transplant and liver surgery here.
03:51And as Sanjeev Sir was telling, I will say this only,
03:56we all say that organ donation is a great donation.
03:58There is no bigger donation than this.
04:00And in our Sanatani system, everyone has heard the story of Maharishi Dadhichi,
04:06who donated his entire organ, donated all his ashes.
04:10So, following the same path, as I am a liver surgeon,
04:14so I pay my respects to this woman.
04:17As soon as Dr. Sir told, she was shifted with full coordination.
04:23Our liver recipient was from Jammu.
04:26Her condition was very bad.
04:28First, a lot of preparation for her living donor was going on,
04:31but there was no donor fit in her family who could give her liver,
04:34and her condition was deteriorating day by day.
04:36She even contacted a hospital in the south,
04:39because as Dr. Sir said, there is a lot of donation in the south,
04:43and through you, we want the same situation to come in North India.
04:47So, as soon as we got to know, I called her first,
04:50and she immediately took an ambulance and left for Jammu on a cold night.
04:54And we completed all the preparations in the hospital here.
04:57We took that woman in O.T.
04:59and we removed her liver and both her kidneys.
05:02Dr. Sir then transplanted the kidneys,
05:04and as soon as the patient came,
05:06all the preparations were done within one hour,
05:08because in this hospital, most of the blood tests are done within an hour.
05:12So, that is a big benefit.
05:14So, we prepared the patient within an hour and a half,
05:17as soon as he came from Jammu,
05:18and within six hours, we inserted the liver in that patient.
05:22And the patient got well?
05:23That patient is now going to be discharged on Monday.
05:26So, the condition in which he came, in which he was not able to walk,
05:28he was very deep, he was drunk, his stomach was full of water,
05:31and he has been freed from all that.
05:33And that family is the benefactors of our hospital and the foundation of our hospital.
05:40The other doctor is here. Sir, what is your name?
05:42My name is Mohit Sharma.
05:43I am the Director of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department here.
05:47In this also, you put your hand on the other patient.
05:50What was the procedure?
05:52So, we had a patient.
05:55Actually, we started the whole program in India in 2015,
05:59when we started putting our hands on people.
06:02So, till now, we have put our hands on 18 people.
06:04By putting two hands.
06:06And this patient, both his hands were cut at the level of his arm.
06:12And we were seeing him for 4 years.
06:14And he had his hands cut 11 years ago.
06:18And for the last 4 years, he is registered with us.
06:21And we have also treated his legs.
06:24So, this woman was in great difficulty.
06:26And as soon as this donor family came to us,
06:31which was a very rich family,
06:33and they wanted to donate everything of their mother.
06:37And by their grace, they got these hands.
06:40And then we immediately called them from Rishikesh.
06:43And by doing all their blood tests, by matching everything.
06:47And we have 4 teams.
06:48So, 2 teams came from our Amrita Hospital in Cochin.
06:52And 2 teams were here.
06:54So, 4 teams are involved in this.
06:56How much time did it take?
06:58It took us 12 hours.
07:00Now, is the patient fine?
07:01Now, the patient is absolutely fine.
07:03Today, he has shifted outside the ICU.
07:06And in the next 2 weeks, he will be discharged from here.
07:10Another doctor is with us.
07:11Doctor, what is your name?
07:13My name is Dr. Anil Sharma.
07:14And I am a Kidney Transplant Surgeon here.
07:17So, when these women, their relatives decided to donate their organs,
07:22we called the kidney recipients.
07:25We transplanted one kidney here, and sent the other kidney to another hospital.
07:29So, the woman who was transplanted here,
07:32there was no donor in her family.
07:36So, she was on poor dialysis for many years, and was very worried.
07:40After transplanting this kidney, she is completely healthy now.
07:43She has been discharged.
07:44And she does not need dialysis now.
07:47So, through this case, we know that,
07:50as she was an elderly woman,
07:53the organs of such elderly people can also be taken for transplantation.
07:57My next question was,
07:58as the elderly woman was very old,
08:01can we give organ parts to others?
08:03To a young person, or to such a person?
08:05Yes, definitely.
08:06We check that the donor who is donating his organs,
08:11how fit his organs are to donate.
08:14When we decide that all organs can be used,
08:18can be given to someone,
08:21age does not matter, only age does not matter.
08:24We check the fitness.
08:26So, all the organs of this woman were almost good,
08:29and the kidneys were also good.
08:31So, we decided that her kidneys will be given to someone.
08:34How much time does it take in this process?
08:36To remove the kidney,
08:38when the other organs have been removed,
08:40it takes half an hour to remove the kidney.
08:42And the other, wherever we are applying,
08:44it takes 2 to 3 hours.
08:45Is there any time restriction for the kidneys?
08:48Yes, definitely.
08:50The sooner we apply the organs,
08:52the better the result is.
08:54Because the kidneys were taken here and applied here,
08:56the result was very good.
08:58And the woman who has been transplanted,
09:00she is completely healthy.
09:02She is completely healthy.
09:04Madam, what is your name?
09:06I am Dr. Rashmi Mittal.
09:08I am a Corneal Transplant Specialist at Amrita Hospital.
09:10So, this patient donated both her eyes.
09:12And for cornea or eye donation,
09:14usually we say that the restrictions
09:17that are applied to other organs,
09:19so there are no restrictions in cornea donation or eye donation.
09:23So, those who are not able to donate other organs,
09:26they can donate their corneas at least.
09:28They can donate their eyes.
09:30And this donation is not necessary to be done in the hospital.
09:33Those people whose death happens at home,
09:36if they call the hospital,
09:38our team reaches there.
09:40And this is a process of 10 to 15 minutes.
09:42So, a person who has expired,
09:44whose death has happened,
09:46the other person can see the world through his eyes.
09:48Absolutely, absolutely.
09:50Like we took two eyes from her,
09:52one of them is on the other woman.
09:54Earlier, she was not able to see anything,
09:56she could only feel the light.
09:58And today, within 15 days,
10:00she is able to see easily.
10:02How much time does it take?
10:04And how many challenges are there with this?
10:06The surgery procedure takes approximately 1 hour.
10:08And usually, within 1 month,
10:10the patient starts to see the result
10:12after 3 to 4 months.
10:14But usually, within 1 month,
10:16there is a significant improvement
10:18if the transplant is successful.
10:20So, you can see,
10:22there are doctors from Amrita Hospital,
10:24through whom 75-year-old women's organs
10:26were donated to 5 to 6 people.
10:28And 5 to 6 people are completely healthy.
10:30Their hands were donated,
10:32their eyes were donated,
10:34their kidneys, liver,
10:36all the organs that were functioning,
10:38those organs were donated to them.
10:40And after the death of one woman,
10:42Mukesh Kumar died.