Chennai, Jan. 30 -- In a rare medical feat, the Chennai-based Sri Ramachandra
Medical Centre (SRMC) provided a fresh lease of life for six patients by performing
six simultaneous surgeries, including two for harvesting organs from two brain dead
patients, in a record 24 hrs.
A SRMC release here said after harvesting the organs from two brain dead patients
(a man and a woman), it readied six operation theatres and performed transplant
surgeries.
"In a rare medical feat of its kind in India, SRMC simultaneously pressed into service
six operation theatres--two for harvesting organs from two brain-dead patients and
four for performing organ transplants--in a record time of 24 hours with 30 doctors
and 50 paramedics completing the procedu...