Pune: 18-yr-old brain-dead youth helps give a new heart to a 30-yr-old farmer
An 18-year-old brain-dead donor invaluable sacrifice helped give a 30-year-old farmer who was waitlisted for a heart a second chance of life. A green corridor was put in place so that the heart could reach the hospital and recipient could undergo a heart transplant in time
Following central India’s first heart transplant, a team of doctors from Sahyadri hospital gave a new lease of life to a 30-year-old farmer from Bhigwan by successfully performing a heart transplant on Tuesday, June 11. The heart was retrieved a brain-dead organ donor from Kolhapur. Speaking about the surgery, Dr Manoj Durairaj, Programme Director, Department […]
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