A team of doctors in Hyderabad have performed the country's first double lung transplant on a COVID-19 patient. The patient, Rizwan from Chandigarh in Punjab, was suffering from a severe lung problem called 'sarcoidosis' that affected the lungs significantly which led to 'fibrosis' of the lungs. The surgery was led by Dr Sandeep Attawar, the head of heart and lung transplant in Hyderabad's KIMS Hospital ( Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences ), who is considered pioneer in heart and lung transplant surgeries in India. This unique surgery was performed on 32-year-pld Rizwan ( Monu), whose condition worsened rapidly when he contracted COVID -19 and was awaiting his double lung transplant. Rizwan's situation further worsened when his oxygen requirement increased from 15 litre /minute to 50 litres /minute in the past eight weeks.

Source: dna September 11, 2020 13:33 UTC