Medica Superspecialty Hospital, the largest chain of private hospital chain in Eastern India has set a new benchmark in organ transplant by successfully conducting Eastern India’s first Lung transplant. The double lung transplant in Medica Superspecialty Hospital has taken place on 20 September and has been carried out on Mr. Dipak Halder (46) who was suffering from COVID-19 and was on ECMO support. The lung was brought to Medica Superspecialty Hospital from Surat, Gujarat by air ambulance. The transplant was conducted under the auspices of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Critical Care team of Medica comprising of Dr Kunal Sarkar, Dr Saptarshi Roy, Dr Arpan Chakraborty, Dr Dipanjan Chatterjee, Dr Mrinal Bandhu Das, Dr Tripti Talapatra, Dr Ashutosh Samal, Dr Soumyajit Ghosh, Dr Shravan Kumar, Dr Writuparna Das, Dr Saibal Si, Dr Hirak Suvra Majumder, Mr. Deblal Pandit, Mr. Saibal Tripathy & Mr. Soumalya Mitra. Medica is Eastern India’s only private facility to perform transplants for Heart, Lung, Pancreas, Liver all under one roof.
Mr. Dipak Halder, the recipient of the lung is a resident of Kolkata. He was affected with severe Covid pneumonia and was transferred to Medica Superspecialty Hospital, Kolkata on 9 June. His lung condition did not improve even after more than 90 days on ECMO support. Mr. Halder was registered on National Organ and Tissue Transplant organization (NOTTO) and Regional Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (ROTTO). The lungs were collected through National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) from United Green Hospital, Surat.
Dr Alok Roy, Chairman, Medica Group of Hospitals and Chair FICCI Health Services Committee said, “A life has kindled another life. It is a great achievement for Bengal to conduct the first lung transplant and put the State on the national map.”
