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Mangalore:For the first time in India the team of doctors of Indiana Hospital, Mangalore headed by Dr. Nisarga conducted a awake open heart surgery for the patient of Bombay blood group on 11th of October said Dr. Yousuf Kumble, the Managing Director and chief cardiologist of Indiana Hospital today.
He was addressing the press meet held in hospital today.
He said, “The patient by name Rukmini(36) hailing from Sakleshpur was diagnosed to have a congenital heart disease. After the assessment the chief consultant cardiac surgeon Dr.Nisarga decided to do “Awake Cardiac Surgery” on his view of bad lung condition.
The patient’s blood investigations revealed that she had a very rare blood group which is called Bombay blood group. There are only 179 cases reported in the world to have this rare blood group.
After an extensive search across the country a donor was identified in Mangalore with this blood group who agreed to donate the blood. And hence the team headed by Dr. Nisarga was able to perform the open heart surgery when the person was awake and was done free of cost under state govt. Vajapeyi Arogya Health Scheme.”
Speaking about the surgery Dr. (Mr) Nisarga said that The surgery lasted for about 5 hours. The patient was awake and conscious during the heart surgery. Her heart was cut open to correct the problem and her breathing was stopped for about four hours, still she was awake, having no pain.
Although the blood was arranged, surgery was conducted successfully without any blood transfusion and a standby blood was required to avoid any issues during the course of the surgery which went on for five hours.
The un-used blood unit will be stored in the Blood-freezing center in Mumbai and he asked everyone with O positive blood group to visit any major hospital blood bank in the city and confirm the blood group.
The chairman of the hospital Dr.Ali Kumble and Dr. Ronald Cardoza were present at the occasion.