Fortis Malar Hospital successfully conducts record 150th Heart Transplant

Fortis Centre for Heart Failure and Transplant at Fortis Malar Hospital successfully conducted 150 heart transplants in Chennai recently. This is the first time any hospital has performed this record number of heart transplants in the entire South Asia.

The centre has sustained an excellent outcome with one year survival rate in over 90 per cent of all transplants conducted. The team of doctors led by Dr K R Balakrishnan, Director, Cardiac Sciences, Fortis Centre for Heart Failure and Transplant and Dr Suresh Rao KG, Chief of Cardiac Anesthesia & Critical Care at Fortis Malar Hospital.

Speaking at the endeavor, Dr K R Balakrishnan said, "India has found an answer to the organ scarcity question in Tamil Nadu. We have been able to achieve this beautiful feat because of the love and support that the organ donation cause has received from all sections of the society in the state.

The team takes humble pride in the fact that it acted as a medium to translate the will of organ donation into action& save as many lives.” Emphasizing on the gravity of the situation, Dr Suresh Rao K G said, “It is time that we acknowledge that the situation is grim.

The demand for organs is only going to rise. In a country of billon people, we are not short of clinical expertise, infrastructure or benevolence but awareness about organ donation. Majority of people are still unaware about possibility of cadaver donation to save lives.

Someone is praying for your kind gesture that may give a fresh lease of life. We sincerely hope that our humble feat will remove any kind of apprehension that one may have around organ donation. It is time we step up to the challenge and start talking about organ donation to save lives.”