In a first for Asia, doctors at HCMCT Manipal Hospital, Dwarka, successfully restarted blood circulation of Geeta Chawla, 55, after her death to preserve her organs for donation.

Paralysed and bed-ridden due to the motor neurone disease, she was admitted to the hospital on November 5. However, she breathed her last at 8.43 pm on November 6, after her heart stopped and an ECG confirmed the absence of cardiac activity for five minutes.

Following this, doctors began a procedure known as Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP), where circulation is temporarily restarted through an ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenator (ECMO).

The procedure restored blood flow to her abdominal organs, allowing the medical team to maintain them for nearly four hours after death. During this time, the transplant te

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