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HEARTY TRIUMPH OF HUMANISM

The 9-year-old girl, who had a condition that would have killed her, dilated cardio myopathy, now has a chance simply because the traffic police literally carried her heart to her.

When the Ashokan decided to donate their son Hithendran’s organs after he was declared brain dead, a suitable recipient was quickly identified in Shanti, a patient at Dr.Cherian’s Frontier Lifeline Hospital.

K. M. Cherian, paediatric cardiac surgeon, appealed to Chennai COP Tr. R. Sekar IPS., for help to rush the organ to the hospital. Tr. Sekar IPS., in turn, instructed the traffic police to facilitate this. Joint Commissioner, Traffic decided “the best way to rush the organ was to take it in our own vehicle, and by ensuring green lights at every signal. As a result, managed to take the heart from Apollo Hospitals in Teynampet to Frontier Lifeline at Mogappair in exactly 11 minutes.”

The surgery was performed by Dr.Cherian after his team, which was headed by consultant cardiac surgeon Madhu Shankar, rushed the heart in a bag of ice to the hospital in the police vehicle. “The police did a commendable job of keeping all lights green. The procedure commenced as soon as we reached the hospital and in 30 minutes, the heart was in place,” he says.


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	HEARTY TRIUMPH OF HUMANISM The 9-year-old girl, who had a condition that would have killed her, dilated cardio myopathy, now has a chance simply because the traffic police literally carried her heart to her. When the Ashokan decided to donate their son Hithendran’s organs after he was declared brain dead, a suitable recipient was quickly identified in Shanti, a patient at Dr.Cherian’s Frontier Lifeline Hospital. When the Ashokan decided to donate their son Hithendran’s organs after he was declared brain dead, a suitable recipient was quickly identified in Shanti, a patient at Dr.Cherian’s Frontier Lifeline Hospital. K. M. Cherian, paediatric cardiac surgeon, appealed to Chennai COP Tr. R. Sekar IPS., for help to rush the organ to the hospital. Tr. Sekar IPS., in turn, instructed the traffic police to facilitate this. Joint Commissioner, Traffic decided “the best way to rush the organ was to take it in our own vehicle, and by ensuring green lights at every signal. As a result, managed to take the heart from Apollo Hospitals in Teynampet to Frontier Lifeline at Mogappair in exactly 11 minutes.” The surgery was performed by Dr.Cherian after his team, which was headed by consultant cardiac surgeon Madhu Shankar, rushed the heart in a bag of ice to the hospital in the police vehicle. “The police did a commendable job of keeping all lights green. The procedure commenced as soon as we reached the hospital and in 30 minutes, the heart was in place,” he says.