Kochi: The two-year-long dream of using helicopters for faster transportation of organs, including liver and heart, for transplantation is yet to materialise with different factors, including cost, coming as hindrance.
One of the major issues is the pattern of accidents in the state which makes it impossible to transport organs by air.
“Helicopters are able to operate during daytime from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. However, many road accidents in Kerala take place during evenings and nights. The brain-dead victims of accidents are the major donors of organs. Hence, it has become impossible to use helicopters in their transportation,” said Dr Jose Chacko Periapuram, heart transplant surgeon in Kochi, who made a bid to launch the air ambulance service by roping in Bangalore-based Chipson Aviation.
According to him, the heart transplantation has to take place in four hours of detaching the organ from the donor. “It is a great risk taking it by road now,” said Dr Jose Chacko.
17/08/14 Vinod Nedumudy/Deccan Chronicle
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One of the major issues is the pattern of accidents in the state which makes it impossible to transport organs by air.
“Helicopters are able to operate during daytime from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. However, many road accidents in Kerala take place during evenings and nights. The brain-dead victims of accidents are the major donors of organs. Hence, it has become impossible to use helicopters in their transportation,” said Dr Jose Chacko Periapuram, heart transplant surgeon in Kochi, who made a bid to launch the air ambulance service by roping in Bangalore-based Chipson Aviation.
According to him, the heart transplantation has to take place in four hours of detaching the organ from the donor. “It is a great risk taking it by road now,” said Dr Jose Chacko.
17/08/14 Vinod Nedumudy/Deccan Chronicle
