Hyderabad: 12-year-old undergoes rare bilobar lung transplant at Yashoda Hospitals after paraquat poisoning

Yashoda Hospitals performed a world-first bilateral lobar lung transplant on 12-year-old Anurag Sandeep, who suffered severe lung damage after accidentally consuming paraquat. After two weeks on ECMO with no improvement, donor lungs were transplanted, saving his life

Hyderabad: Yashoda Hospitals successfully performed a bilateral lobar lung transplant for the first time in the world on the youngest person who accidentally consumed paraquat poison.

A bilateral lobar lung transplant was performed on 12-year-old Anurag Sandeep, a 6th-class student, who was in critical condition after accidentally consuming paraquat poison. This is the first case of a successful lung transplant on the youngest person who consumed paraquat poison in the world, a press release said.

Yashoda Hospitals, Direct