An active professional from Ghaziabad was amongst the small percentage of the population infected with severe COVID-19 being treated at the critical unit of Artemis Hospitals, Gurugram. With each passing day, it became difficult for him and his family as his condition started deteriorating.

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He had undergone an entire plethora of management right from medicinal therapy, high oxygen demand, ventilator requirement, tracheostomy. He was initially admitted to the COVID dedicated ICU where he recovered from the acute illness after aggressive treatment and finally tested negative.

Despite the best efforts over 6 weeks, it was unable to bring him out of ventilation due to severely damaged (Fibrosed) lungs as part of Post-COVID-19 sequelae. Most options for his acceptable recovery was exhausted though Dr. Shivanshu Raj Goyal was determined to explore a better solution thus with the consent of the patient's family, Dr. Goyal and his team derived an organised plan to offer a surgical cure in the form of a Lungs Transplant. Till now this procedure was not performed in India for a post-COVID sequelae case.

The patient was on a ventilator due to high oxygen demand and the possibility of the collapse was extremely high during the transport to the transplant center. Another big challenge was the unavailability of the donor's lungs with a long waiting list.