27-Year-Old Housewife Successfully Undergoes Lung Transplantation at Gleneagles Health City Chennai After Accidentally Consuming Pesticide Mixed Fruit Juice
~ The First Successful Lung Transplant performed by a Hospital in Tamil Nadu on a Patient with significant lung Injury owing to Paraquat poisoning~ Chennai, 14th February 2024: A homemaker aged 27 years old hailing from Andhra Pradesh's Ongole District faced a life-threatening situation when she accidentally consumed a weed killer (pesticide) mixed with Fruit juice in Pet bottle. Her children, while playing at home, unknowingly mixed this pesticide with fruit juice. The mother unknowingly consumed the pesticide-mixed fruit juice. Initially, she had been admitted at a hospital in her hometown. The doctors on duty gave her IV fluids when she complained of shivering, weakness, and abdominal discomfort. After symptomatic support treatment, she was discharged from the hospital that very night. But later complained of difficulty in breathing. Panic-stricken, her husband rushed her to another hospital. It was then revealed upon investigation that she had accidentally consume