Ranchi: Ailing state education minister Jagarnath Mahato, who underwent a double-lung transplant at MGM hospital in Chennai in November after he was infected by Covid-19, is all set to return home next week.
Mahato, who was shifted to Chennai on November 19 after his condition deteriorated, has recovered completely and is doing fine, doctors treating him said. The minister also released a video message highlighting his health condition.
In the video message from MGM hospital, Mahato said, “I thank chief minister Hemant Soren for the kind of support he extended and for his intervention for better medical treatment and got me shifted to Chennai. I also thank the team of doctors of MGM hospital who gave me a fresh lease of life through constant supervision.”
On being asked about his message to his electorate, an emotional Mahato said, “I thank every single well-wisher back in Jharkhand who prayed for my recovery.”
Highly placed sources at the confirmed Mahato will be travelling back to Jharkhand in a week as he has recuperated well after the organ transplant.
When contacted, clinical director of lung transplant, pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine at the MGM hospital, Dr Apar Jindal, said, “He is doing fine and his lungs are absolutely healthy. He is having meals properly, breathing without any oxygen support, undergoing regular physiotherapy and recovering at a remarkable speed. All his vitals are normal and if the parameters continue to remain the same, he can return home in a week.”
Mahato was shifted to the hospital in Chennai under the supervision of Dr Jindal.