Singh Sarvesh Pal, Hote Milind Padmakar
Department of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Cardio-Thoracic Sciences Center, C N Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India.
Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Aug;36(Suppl 2):210-214. doi: 10.1007/s12055-019-00808-z. Epub 2019 Mar 1.
The first successful heart transplant in India was performed by Panangipalli Venugopal on 3 August 1994 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Twenty-five years later, only seven government institutions are performing heart transplants and only one government hospital has an established heart transplant program in India. Only one lung transplant has been performed in a government institution all over the country. This article reviews the history and current status of thoracic organ transplant in India. The authors discuss the factors responsible for the dismal progress of thoracic organ transplant in government hospitals, opportunities available in government institutions for widening the scope of transplant program, and the steps taken by the Government of India to improve healthcare in the country.
1994年8月3日，帕南吉帕利·韦努戈帕尔在新德里全印度医学科学研究所成功实施了印度首例心脏移植手术。25年后，印度仅有7家政府机构开展心脏移植手术，且只有一家政府医院建立了成熟的心脏移植项目。在全国范围内，政府机构仅实施过一例肺移植手术。本文回顾了印度胸器官移植的历史和现状。作者讨论了导致政府医院胸器官移植进展不佳的因素、政府机构扩大移植项目范围的机会，以及印度政府为改善该国医疗保健所采取的措施。
