Transplant Buccaneers: P.K. Sen and India’s First Heart Transplant, February 1968
Autor: | Kavita Sivaramakrishnan, David S. Jones |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male History Heart Diseases International Cooperation India 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Public administration City hospital 03 medical and health sciences Fatal Outcome 0302 clinical medicine Political science Health care Humans Political authorities business.industry Indian nationalism Human heart History 20th Century United States 030228 respiratory system Work (electrical) Cold war Heart Transplantation Geriatrics and Gerontology business |
Zdroj: | Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. 73:303-332 |
ISSN: | 1468-4373 0022-5045 |
DOI: | 10.1093/jhmas/jrx059 |
Popis: | On 17 February 1968, Bombay surgeon Prafulla Kumar Sen transplanted a human heart, becoming the fourth surgeon in the world to attempt the feat. Even though the patient survived just three hours, the feat won Sen worldwide acclaim. The ability of Sen's team to join the ranks of the world's surgical pioneers raises interesting questions. How was Sen able to transplant so quickly? He had to train a team of collaborators, import or reverse engineer technologies and techniques that had been developed largely in the United States, and begin conversations with Indian political authorities about the contested concept of brain death. The effort that this required raises questions of why. Sen, who worked at a city hospital in Bombay that could not provide basic care for all its citizens, sought a technology that epitomized high-risk high-cost, health care. To accomplish his feat, Sen navigated Cold War tensions and opportunities, situating his interests into those of his hospital, municipal authorities, Indian nationalism, Soviet and American authorities, the Rockefeller Foundation, and others. The many contexts and interests that made Sen's work possible created opportunities for many different judgments about the success or failure of medical innovation. |
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