Minor undergoes rare bilobar lung transplant at Yashoda Hospitals

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, Director, Dr Pavan Gorukanti, said, “Anurag Sandeep came to Yashoda Hospital-Somajiguda in a life-threatening condition for better treatment.” The paraquat toxins actively reached the lungs, resulting in irreversible pulmonary fibrosis.