Chennai halts traffic to save a life

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[h=1]This is just great! Kudos to Chennai for saving a life..The heart stops!
No lal batti: Chennai halts traffic to save life[/h]Karthikeyan Hemalatha & Janani Sampath,TNN | Jun 17, 2014, 01.19 AM IST
CHENNAI: When it's more common to read reports of people losing their lives because of their inability to reach the hospital on time because of VIP traffic restrictions, here is a heart-warming story of traffic coming to a halt in Chennai to save the life of an ordinary patient.

On Monday, life in the heart of Chennai came to a halt on Monday to save a life. In a textbook example of precise coordination between surgeons of two hospitals and the city traffic police, a medical team transported a heart from Government General Hospital to Fortis Malar Hospitals in Adyar, about 12km away, in less than 14 minutes by creating a "green corridor" - that is, red-light free access.

"As soon as the heart was brought, the transplant began. By 10.15pm, the heart was beating in the patient's chest," said Dr Suresh Rao, chief anesthetist at Fortis Malar.

For those unfamiliar with Chennai, it's important to know that the road connecting the two hospitals is a key arterial road, usually carrying heavy traffic. That the police, doctors and the ordinary people cooperated to block it off for saving a life is obviously a great gesture by a city with a big heart.

No lal batti: Chennai halts traffic to save life - The Times of India

 

[V.Balasubramani]

Sir,

For Tamil Nadu Police and more particularly Chennai Police, such incidents of halting traffic to save life, is not new. We have been doing this and thus prove that we also care for human lives. Chennaities do co-operate on such occasions.

But the unfortunate thing is, number of police personnel have lost their lives while on traffic regulation duty, bcos of rash and negligent driving, jumping signals, drunken driving, etc etc by careless road users. This also happens now and then.

Here is an earlier incident of saving life: Green corridor saves a life again - The Hindu

 

[P.J.]

No lal batti: Chennai halts traffic to save life


No lal batti: Chennai halts traffic to save life


CHENNAI: When it's more common to read reports of people losing their lives because of their inability to reach the hospital on time because of VIP traffic restrictions, here is a heart-warming story of traffic coming to a halt in Chennai to save the life of an ordinary patient.

On Monday, life in the heart of Chennai came to a halt on Monday to save a life. In a textbook example of precise coordination between surgeons of two hospitals and the city traffic police, a medical team transported a heart from Government General Hospital to Fortis Malar Hospitals in Adyar, about 12km away, in less than 14 minutes by creating a "green corridor" - that is, red-light free access.

"As soon as the heart was brought, the transplant began. By 10.15pm, the heart was beating in the patient's chest," said Dr Suresh Rao, chief anesthetist at Fortis Malar.

For those unfamiliar with Chennai, it's important to know that the road connecting the two hospitals is a key arterial road, usually carrying heavy traffic. That the police, doctors and the ordinary people cooperated to block it off for saving a life is obviously a great gesture by a city with a big heart.


The ambulance carrying the heart, harvested from a 27-year-old man who died in a traffic accident and preserved in a special container at 4 degrees Celsius, started from Government hospital at 6.44pm and reached Fortis Malar 13 minutes and 22 seconds later, at 6.57pm. Normally, a vehicle takes 45 minutes to cover the stretch at peak hour.

At the private hospital, the parents of Hvovi Minocherchomji's, a 21-year-old BCom student from Mumbai, received the heart - the mother in tears, the father with a prayer on his lips.

READ ALSO: ​Five waited for a heart, and donor's blood matched hers

Malar surgeons immediately got to the job of transplanting the organ on the recipient who was kept ready. Through the day, the teams of doctors at the two hospitals had been keeping each other informed about the condition of the donor and the recipient. The liver and kidneys went to other hospitals.

Malar got a call as early as 5.45am on Monday that a brain-dead patient may be taken off the ventilator in a few hours and that a heart, a liver and kidneys would be available for donation. The Mumbai woman turned out to be luckier than five others awaiting a heart transplant, as the donor's blood group and body weight matched only with hers among the other patients.

Almost simultaneously, Karunasagar, the additional commissioner of police (traffic) was informed about the need to transport the organ. By afternoon, the traffic police were ready to create the green corridor, most of it along the Beach Road and Santhome High Road, two of the busiest stretches in the evening.


After formalities, GH surgeons informed their counterparts in Malar that they would start harvesting the donor's heart by 5.30pm, after the liver and kidneys were taken out. Around the same time, the Malar team started preparing the recipient. The special container with the heart surrounded by a perfusion fluid and ice in separate sachets was put in the ambulance at 6.40pm.

A human heart can be preserved for up to four hours, but experts say the earlier the transplant, the higher the chances of success.

Now it was for the traffic police to ensure a safe and speedy passage for the organ. C Kathir, a seasoned ambulance driver, was chosen for the mission. Deputy commissioner Sivanandan had charted the route the ambulance would take. By 3pm, he had in place 26 of his men at the 12 intersections the ambulance was to pass. As the vehicle passed each signal - touching 100kmph at times - a pilot radioed in the location to the control room as also the police teams along the corridor.

"It was a smooth operation but for a minor bottleneck at Muthusamy Road where the ambulance had to take a wrong way to evade a blocking MTC bus," said M Selvaraj, the pilot.

Dr Suresh Rao, chief anaesthetist at Malar Hospitals said the transplant would take at least four hours. "As of now everything has worked fine," he said. Karunasagar said the city traffic police have proved repeatedly their mettle in creating green corridors without affecting normal life on the roads.

No lal batti: Chennai halts traffic to save life - The Times of India

 

[tbs]

hi

now we have to learn from western countries abt emergency crisis management...here in USA....every major hospitals have helipads...

when road accidents happened...immediately the patient is airlifted by medic helicopters to the nearest hospital immediately

even in heavy traffic jams like I- 95 corridors....even we can do it india too...

 

[V.Balasubramani]

Sir,

You are right,
We need to learn such good things and implement them atIndia.
We wait to see such improvements taking place in the yearsto come.

 

[tbs]

Sir,

You are right,
We need to learn such good things and implement them atIndia.
We wait to see such improvements taking place in the yearsto come.

hi

in india...we never give importance to the human life.....human life is priceless....we have to protect every human beings...

we have to share ambulance in a top most priority......indian roads are fully traffic jams with more road accidents...

 

[tbs]

hi sir,

see the latest news abt ambulance condition in our tamilnadu .....now a days...ambulances having road accidents....

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[V.Balasubramani]

You are right.

The subject of traffic planning is to be paid more attention by the Government.

Where there is heavy traffic, in order to ease traffic and to ensure free flow, ‘One way’ system used to be introduced with ‘No Entry’ . Even at such ‘No Entry’ and ‘signals’, drivers/riders tend to jump signals if they don’t sight a policeman in uniform.

There is all sorts of violation of Traffic Rules, viz. Reckless and rash driving, drunken driving, Using mobile while driving, Not wearing seat belts etc

With lot of encroachment by vendors on either side, roads have become narrow.

With more professional competition, trend, fashion, etc Car Manufacturing Companies go on launching of new models every now and then and marketing them.

Besides, Banks on their part, offer packages of loans fitting to everyone need with ‘zero’ initial payment, stretched installments, reduced rate of interest, etc

With more two wheelers, four wheelers, Government and private heavy vehicles, but with limited roads, traffic is becoming heavy.

Considering the increase in the number of road accidents and resultant deaths, hope the Government initiates some more effective measures at the earliest, besides constructing Bridges, Flyovers, etc and ensure adhering to RTO rules stringently which will make drivers more responsible.

 

[dhikshita]

This is just great! Kudos to Chennai for saving a life..The heart stops!
No lal batti: Chennai halts traffic to save life

Karthikeyan Hemalatha & Janani Sampath,TNN | Jun 17, 2014, 01.19 AM IST
CHENNAI: When it's more common to read reports of people losing their lives because of their inability to reach the hospital on time because of VIP traffic restrictions, here is a heart-warming story of traffic coming to a halt in Chennai to save the life of an ordinary patient.

On Monday, life in the heart of Chennai came to a halt on Monday to save a life. In a textbook example of precise coordination between surgeons of two hospitals and the city traffic police, a medical team transported a heart from Government General Hospital to Fortis Malar Hospitals in Adyar, about 12km away, in less than 14 minutes by creating a "green corridor" - that is, red-light free access.

"As soon as the heart was brought, the transplant began. By 10.15pm, the heart was beating in the patient's chest," said Dr Suresh Rao, chief anesthetist at Fortis Malar.

For those unfamiliar with Chennai, it's important to know that the road connecting the two hospitals is a key arterial road, usually carrying heavy traffic. That the police, doctors and the ordinary people cooperated to block it off for saving a life is obviously a great gesture by a city with a big heart.

No lal batti: Chennai halts traffic to save life - The Times of India

Dear Mr.Vgane,

You have brought the buzz first. Thanks. I would like to share with the members as follows:

While whole-heartedly welcoming the munificent act of the family members of the donor of heart, it would be an Act of God to realize that the donated heart had very well suited in respect of blood group as well as the weight of the recipient Mumbai girl, albeit senior recipients are in the wait list at the Malar hospital. She is gifted and blessed girl and the family members would have no bounds to enjoy the bliss. Nonetheless to wonder the co-ordinated efforts of the ramification of different agencies involved at the particular time of act of transplantation would be a world class. Madras holds the medical flag at Himalayan height as celebrity surgeons vie with each other especially from the families of Brahmins and Mudaliars ruled in contributing and sacrificing their life in order to keep high esteem of Madras Medical College and thus recognized world over during 1950’s and 1970’s. Hats off to the Surgeons and Anaesthetist Dr.Rao. Right from Dr.Rangachari, Chief Presidency Surgeon and Dr.A.L.Mudaliar, the world famous Gynaecologist who authored text book on Gye.& Obe. recognized as a text book for MRCOG on those days.

 

[dhikshita]

You are right.

The subject of traffic planning is to be paid more attention by the Government.



Where there is heavy traffic, in order to ease traffic and to ensure free flow, ‘One way’ system used to be introduced with ‘No Entry’ . Even at such ‘No Entry’ and ‘signals’, drivers/riders tend to jump signals if they don’t sight a policeman in uniform.

There is all sorts of violation of Traffic Rules, viz. Reckless and rash driving, drunken driving, Using mobile while driving, Not wearing seat belts etc

With lot of encroachment by vendors on either side, roads have become narrow.

With more professional competition, trend, fashion, etc Car Manufacturing Companies go on launching of new models every now and then and marketing them.

Besides, Banks on their part, offer packages of loans fitting to everyone need with ‘zero’ initial payment, stretched installments, reduced rate of interest, etc

With more two wheelers, four wheelers, Government and private heavy vehicles, but with limited roads, traffic is becoming heavy.

Considering the increase in the number of road accidents and resultant deaths, hope the Government initiates some more effective measures at the earliest, besides constructing Bridges, Flyovers, etc and ensure adhering to RTO rules stringently which will make drivers more responsible.

VB,

You have taken pains in categorically presenting the discrimination while discharging a life saving act such as this. The planners should have everything in their mind in future while drawing out new cities like financial city such as in Mumabi.

 

[Raji Ram]

Reminds me of the movie 'Chennaiyil oru naaL'.

 

[vignesh2014]

yes...it is very nice that we learnt good ones

 

[vgane]

The video of this mission was shown in Jaya TV..It looked like a movie! A dream indeed!

 

[V.Balasubramani]

[h=1]He has his heart in the right place – NEWS TODAY[/h]Chennai: One life lost, another saved and a harbinger of hope in between. This is the heart-warming story which is making its rounds in the city, and at the centre of it all, is a person who has his heart in the right place.

C Kathir's phone has not stopped ringing since Monday, when he successfully transported a heart from one hospital to another. Everyone seems wanting to know about the ambulance driver, who steered his way through the city's roads to save a life.

'I had the confidence that I could pull it off as this was the fifth time I had been called for taking a harvested organ to the recipient', an unassuming Kathir says. 'I have been getting appreciation from all quarters. My family is extremely happy', he adds.

Working as an ambulance driver for the past two years, Kathir truly understands the value of the 'golden hour'. According to him, 'a task of this nature could not have been possible without the support of the Traffic Police department, who created the Green Corridor, enabling me to cover 12 kilometres in 14 minutes. Also, we had two police vehicles, one leading the way and the other behind the ambulance. There was also another vehicle which was behind the convoy', he explains.

Read more: He has his heart in the right place | News Today