A kidney wait since 2024 ends with an Army airlift and a rare double transplant
An 18-year-old patient in Delhi received a rare double kidney transplant using organs from a single brain-dead donor, facilitated by an Army airlift. This procedure highlights the potential for using marginal organs to address the severe national shortage of transplantable kidneys.
Why it matters
The success of this surgery demonstrates the life-saving potential of organ donation and the importance of logistical coordination in medical emergencies.
NEW DELHI: An 18-year-old who had spent nearly two years waiting for a kidney, undergoing dialysis twice a week and with no family donor, received not one but two kidneys from a single brain-dead donor on Monday — after the organs were airlifted from Chandimandir to Delhi. Both kidneys were transplanted into Anil Yadav at Safdarjung Hospital, and he is doing well.The donor, 62-year-old Amar Chand, father of an Air Warrior, had undergone coronary artery bypass graft surgery last year and was on dual antiplatelet medication. He later slipped in his bathroom, suffered a head injury and brain haemorrhage, and was declared brain dead at Command Hospital (Western Command), Chandimandir. His organ donation helped save other lives.
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