New Delhi, Nov. 9 -- Doctor Shrikanth Srinivasan, Chairman of the Manipal Institute of Critical Care Medicine at HCMCT Manipal Hospital, Dwarka, has led a pioneering medical procedure, the first in Asia, where a deceased patient's organs were revived using a heart-lung machine after death, enabling successful transplantation.

According to a release, 55-year-old Geeta Chawla, who had been paralysed due to Motor Neuron Disease, was admitted to Manipal Hospital, Dwarka, on November 5 with breathing difficulties. After her family decided against putting her on life support, she passed away on November 6 at 8:43 pm. Honouring her wish to donate organs, the medical team swiftly initiated a procedure known as Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NR...