Kerala’s first airlift organ recipient dies

Mathew Achadan, a 57-year-old autorickshaw driver, died after a cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Chalakudy, Thrissur district. He had undergone a heart transplant surgery in 2015, which was performed by a team led by Dr Jose Chacko Periappuram at Lisie Hospital in Kochi. Achadan had been living with the transplanted heart for over a decade, attending regular follow-up check-ups, before his death.