Visakhapatnam to Tirupati: Police set up green channel to transport human heart

VISAKHAPATNAM: In a well-coordinated effort, the Visakhapatnam Police, under the auspices of City police Commissioner CH Srikanth, facilitated the transportation of a human heart from Sheila Nagar KIMS Icon Hospital to the airport by setting up a green channel for an ambulance. From the airport, the live organ was transported by a flight to Sri Padmavati Children's Heart Centre in Tirupati.

The live heart belonged to Janjuru Sanyasamma (48) pronounced brain dead after a fall from a two-wheeler while traveling with her husband Ananda Rao on January 16. She was undergoing treatment at Sheela Nagar KIMS Icon Hospital. As the husband, a BHEL employee, and the relatives lost hope of Sanyasamma’s recovery, the family members agreed to donate her organs.

The doctors with the help of the police made all the arrangements to shift the organs to Sri Padmavati Children's Heart Centre in Tirupati. The relatives of the donor expressed contentment over the donation of the organs, saying that Sanyasamma would remain alive this way even after her death.

Doctors in Tirupati conduct rare heart surgery

The Tirupati police too took measures in shifting the human organ to Sri Padmavati Children's Heart Centre run by TTD from the Renigunta airport through the green channel corridor and extended support in conducting a rare heart surgery at the hospital.

As soon as the flight carrying the organ arrived in Tirupati, the police, on the orders of District SP P Parameswara Reddy, took supportive measures to facilitate its smooth transportation by establishing a green channel corridor along the route upto Sri Padmavati Children's Heart Hospital.

Meanwhile, the doctors at the hospital conducted a rare heart transplant surgery on 15-year-old Visvesvaraya, son of Narasaiah and Radhamma from Chitvel of Annamayya district.