Good news after emergency alternate landing of Sichuan Airlines 3U8985: Organ transplant patients can breathe autonomously in Wuxi City | People's Hospital | Good news

The topic of "Sichuan Airlines 3U8985 emergency alternate landing in Yangzhou" made headlines today. According to a reporter from Jiangsu Yangzhou Taizhou International Airport, on the evening of the 21st, Sichuan Airlines 3U8985 was originally scheduled to fly from Chengdu to Wuxi, carrying 251 passengers and randomly transporting live human organs awaiting transplantation. Due to the rainstorm, the plane could not land as planned, so the plane made an alternate landing at Taizhou International Airport in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province.

On one side is the nearby airport where the plane made an emergency landing, while on the other side is a patient in urgent need of organ transplantation, a heart wrenching rescue relay unfolds. What are the stories behind the relay? What is the latest situation of the patient? On the morning of July 23rd, the Chao News reporter contacted various forces involved in the life relay. It is understood that the surgery has been successfully performed, and the patient is now able to breathe independently. They will be transferred out of the ICU tomorrow.

"The patient will be transferred out of the ICU tomorrow"

The chief surgeon concurrently serves as the deputy dean of Zhejiang Second Hospital

July 23rd is the third day for the surgery to proceed smoothly. In the morning, a reporter from Chao News contacted the chief surgeon of the surgery, Vice Dean Chen Jingyu of Wuxi People's Hospital. He said that the surgery has passed and the patient's ventilator has been removed, allowing them to breathe autonomously.

"Tomorrow, the patient will be transferred from the ICU to a regular ward. After passing the clearance of rejection and infection, the patient can recover." Chen Jingyu, who was relieved, told Chao News reporters that the time for organ transplantation donors is urgent and the progress is touching. However, they did not inform the patient and their families of the rescue process. "These are all things we should do, and we do not want them to worry about this."

According to Chen Jingyu, this is a double lung transplant surgery for emphysema. After the plane made an alternate landing at the nearby airport, the airline arranged an ambulance to transport the organs back to Wuxi at high speed within 2 hours. The Chao News reporter noticed that on the same evening, he also underwent a pediatric double lung transplant surgery, helping a 16-year-old congenital heart disease patient.

According to public information, Chen Jingyu is known as the "first lung transplant patient in China" and is skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of lung diseases, including lung transplantation, thoracoscopic surgery, expanded radical resection of lung cancer, comprehensive treatment of lung cancer, and ECMO application.

According to a reporter from Chao News, every Thursday afternoon, Chen Jingyu also receives patients at the International Department of the Binjiang Campus of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine. According to the official website of the hospital, Chen Jingyu also serves as the Vice President of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine. She is a member of the China Human Organ Donation and Transplantation Committee, the head of the National Health Commission's Lung Transplantation Data Management Unit, and the director of the National Lung Transplantation Quality Control Center.

Transplanted organs come from charitable donations

Multi party relay emergency guarantee surgery

The Chao News reporter learned from Chen Jingyu that on July 20th, a patient with severe emphysema and respiratory failure at Wuxi People's Hospital was matched with a lung organ donor donated with love in Chengdu. The original plan was to take Sichuan Airlines Flight 3U8985 that evening and arrive at Wuxi Shuofang Airport around 20:00 in the afternoon of July 21st, after collecting lung organs at a hospital in Chengdu.

In the afternoon of that day, the Wuxi Meteorological Observatory issued a yellow warning signal for thunderstorms and strong winds. It is expected that strong convective weather will occur in Wuxi from evening to night, with hourly rainfall of over 30 millimeters in some areas accompanied by lightning and 7-9 level thunderstorms and strong winds.

"The plane arrived over Wuxi but was unable to land due to thunderstorm weather and kept hovering in the air," Chen Jingyu said. "When we heard this news, we were very anxious and contacted the organ donation coordinator. We hoped that a road emergency passage could be opened in Yangzhou to facilitate ambulances' fastest delivery of transplanted organ donors."

The map shows that Yangzhou Taizhou International Airport is 153 kilometers away from the surgical site Wuxi People's Hospital, and it takes more than 2 hours to drive between the two places. "Later on, it was learned that Yangtai Airport immediately dispatched an ambulance to wait for transportation, and the tension slightly eased." Chen Jingyu told the Chao News reporter that when the ambulance from Yangtai Airport arrived at Wuxi People's Hospital with live organs, the doctors who had already been waiting immediately rushed to the operating room with live organs.

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Airlines and airports respond to the alternate landing incident

The staff of Yangzhou Taizhou International Airport described to Chao News reporters that at 20:32 on the 21st, 3U8985 landed at Yangzhou Taizhou International Airport. After landing, two doctors carried live transport equipment and got off the plane. The optimal storage time for living organs is 6 hours, which has already passed 3 hours.

However, the high-speed drive from Yangzhou Taizhou International Airport to Wuxi People's Hospital takes more than two hours. So, the remaining 3 hours are particularly urgent for everyone on the escort chain.

"The airport duty leader immediately issued instructions to prioritize first aid tasks and send airport ambulance vehicles free of charge to transport medical personnel and live organs directly to Wuxi People's Hospital," said the staff of Yangzhou Taizhou International Airport.

Regarding this life rescue, Sichuan Airlines has not spoken up. On the noon of July 23rd, a staff member of the airline told a reporter from Chao News, "Ensuring every flight is what we should do. As a flight captain, we must make our own decisions and make alternate landing choices based on the situation. This is his responsibility and also takes into account the crew's business level."

It is understood that at Sichuan Airlines, resolving emergency situations during the flight is not the first time. The airline once had a "heroic captain" Liu Chuanjian. On May 14, 2018, Liu Chuanjian was flying flight 3U8633 from Chongqing to Lhasa when the windshield suddenly burst. The flight made an emergency landing at Chengdu Shuangliu Airport, ensuring the safety of 119 passengers and 9 crew members. The crew of Flight 3U8633 has also been awarded the title of "China Civil Aviation Hero Crew".