New Delhi: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here performed its first lung transplant surgery on a patient in her 30s who was surviving on Oxygen and Bi-PAP support for over 2 years.
According to the doctors, the patient has well received the procedure and is currently kept in the ICU under the observation of specialists from the critical care and pulmonary department. The rare surgery was conducted two days ago on the patient who suffered from cystic bronchiectasis, a progressive, irreversible condition of the airways of the lungs. So far, only three cases of lung transplants have been reported in Delhi NCR.
