Man gets heart transplant under Aarogyasri at Bengaluru
The Hindu
The treatment cost, ₹11 lakh, was covered under the State govt. scheme
A 62-year-old farmer from Chittoor district successfully underwent a heart transplantation under the State’s YSR Aarogyasri scheme at a hospital in Bengaluru. Dr. YSR Aarogyasri Health Care Trust CEO Dr. A. Mallikarjuna, in a release, said the beneficiary, M. Krishna Reddy, a poor farmer from the Punganuru municipality, was suffering from a heart disease for the past four years. The surgery was performed at M.S. Ramaiah Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Care Centre on April 12 and the cost of the treatment, ₹11 lakh, was provided by the State government under the scheme.More Related News