ভারতে কত সালে সর্বপ্রথম সাফল্যের সাথে হার্ট প্রতিস্থাপনের অপারেশনটি করা হয়েছিল ?
On his return to Kerala, Periappuram joined Medical Trust Hospital, Kochi, where a 34-year-old heart patient by the name of K. A. Abraham reported with the possibility of survival hanging on a heart transplant. It was coincidental that the family of Sukumaran, who died in a road accident, agreed to donate the deceased's heart. In May 2003, the team led by Periappuram performed the first heart transplantation in the state of Kerala, thus making it the third state in India to achieve this feat. 
2003