Tamilian Heart Travels 350 Km To Become A Kashmiri Woman's
NDTV
The patient, a Srinagar resident, suffered a condition where the chambers of the heart become stiff over time
A 33-year-old woman in Jammu and Kashmir who has been suffering from terminal heart failure received help from an 18-year-old donor in Tamil Nadu, who was brain dead. The donor's heart was transported some 350 km from southern Tamil Nadu's Trichy to a hospital in state capital Chennai, where the woman from Jammu and Kashmir was admitted.
The patient, Srinagar-resident Shahzadi Fathima, suffered a condition where the chambers of the heart become stiff over time. She became terminally ill and her only hope of survival was an early life-saving heart transplantation.
She is under the care of doctors at MGM Healthcare.
On January 26, a suitable brain-dead donor was identified in a private hospital in Trichy. The heart was rushed to Chennai through a green corridor and a high-risk heart transplantation was carried out on Ms Fathima, who recovered fast after the procedure and is now ready to begin a new life in Kashmir, the hospital said.
