Dr. Prashant Rajagopalan, Director of MGM Healthcare, who co-developed the prototype drone technology, said, “At the moment, drones can be used to transport boxes of organs up to 20km away.

Rajagopalan told reporters that his hospital had struck a deal with a city-based drone company for organ transplants. It aims to revolutionize the last-mile transportation of organs, he said.

“Understanding the importance of speed and seamless organs will soon require innovation in the logistics of organ transportation. One such welcome proposal is the use of drones,” said Gadkari. said.

“This is a very innovative approach to solving transportation problems and we appreciate MGM Healthcare being involved in the research and development,” said after unveiling the virtual prototype from New Delhi. , he said.

Gadkari said the logistical problem of organ transportation could be solved by improving land and air connections, and said the ministry had already started taking steps to improve infrastructure. Road infrastructure projects such as Bharatmala Pariyojana, a new comprehensive program in the highway sector, will be a great asset for transporting organs across India.

“We are in the process of starting a highway project from Delhi to Dehradun which will reduce travel time…I am very cautious about the transport of organs and how we can help with this. sensitive,” the minister said.

Transportation times will be shorter, highways will be in greenfield alignment and will operate on a closed-door system, he said. Development, including land acquisition and other activities, is underway, he added.

He argued that the center, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, understood the importance of creating infrastructure not only in terms of facilitating business and trade, but also in terms of saving lives and improving healthcare.

Congratulations to Dr. KR Balakrishnan, Chairman and Director of the Department of Cardiology, Heart and Lung Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Institute at MGM Healthcare. Gadkari said that in India he has performed more than 500 successful heart and lung transplants and has run the largest adult and pediatric heart transplant program in India, and is proud to have achieved this milestone. said to be on the world map.

“This achievement not only gives us pride, it also gives us satisfaction that we are setting the benchmark for healthcare.

By the way, according to the hospital, the record of over 500 heart and lung transplants is the most performed by a single team in the entire Asia-Pacific region.

“Several doctors, especially Balakrishnan, were said to have immigrated to India from abroad with a mission and passion to create the best transplant programs. This is an extraordinary commitment to serve the nation. Hospital team for their sacrifice.

He congratulated the team on their success and urged them to broaden their horizons rather than stop at crossing the 500 mark. “We will reach the next milestone in progress through improving talent and healthcare infrastructure in villages and small towns to ensure that the masses have access to world-class healthcare,” he urged.

State Health Minister Ma Subramanian praised the prototype, saying it would pave the way for saving more lives. He promised all the support to get us up and running quickly. “Chennai and his MGM Healthcare are at the forefront of organ transplant programs, standing shoulder to shoulder with the best companies in the world today,” he said.

The government allows organ harvesting in all state-run medical college hospitals and district headquarters hospitals. “Soon, these hospitals will start transplants,” he said Subramanian.

Balakrishnan said 514 heart and lung transplants have been successfully completed, including more than 200 in the past two years despite lockdowns and COVID-19. said.

“This was made possible thanks to the tremendous support and expertise of our team, government agencies and transportation teams,” he said.

The infrastructure and support provided by MGM Healthcare also helped him treat over 350 ECMO patients. The team has also performed over 100 pediatric transplants and over 4,600 of his intervention cases free of charge in association with Aishwarya Trust’s ‘Caring for Little Hearts’, Tamil Prime Minister Nadu under his plan. He said he has completed over 220 surgeries.

Dr. Suresh Rao, Deputy Director of MGM Healthcare’s Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Laboratory, followed the hospital’s transplant process and shared with Dr. Balakrishnan and the team’s expertise in this field and mechanical circulatory support programs.

Heart failure is an under-recognized problem in India, said Dr. Ravikumar R, Senior Consultant and Associate Clinical Lead, Cardiology and Heart Failure Program at MGM Healthcare. Advanced procedures such as heart transplants and left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) can improve the quality and longevity of patients with end-stage heart failure who do not respond to conventional therapies, he said.

Dr Prashanth Rajagopalan said the impressive achievement of more than 500 transplants has encouraged hospitals to make India a global healthcare hub by investing in the latest technology and top clinical talent for better clinical outcomes. We said we were more committed.