New Delhi, Nov. 9 -- Performing a pioneering procedure, Doctors at a Delhi hospital saved multiple lives after restoring the blood circulation of a 55-year-old woman after her death, making her organs viable for donation.
The complex healthcare procedure where blood circulation was restarted post-mortem to retrieve organs was conducted at HCMCT Manipal Hospital in Dwarka is the first of its kind in Asia, stated the officials on Saturday.
"This is the first time in Asia that circulation was restarted post-death to preserve organs for donation," said Dr Shrikanth Srinivasan, Chairman, Manipal Institute of Critical Care Medicine.
On November 5, Geeta Chawla was brought to the hospital with severe breathing difficulties, and had been bedridd...