Ugandan gets new lease of life
The Hindu
Advanced heart failure patient implanted latest L-VAD device
Okwara Joseph, a 31-year-old footballer from Uganda, got a new lease of life in Hyderabad when he was implanted the latest JARVIK post auricular (behind the ear) by a cardiothoracic and heart-lung mechanical assist devices team from the cardiology department of Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad.
According to a press release, Mr. Joseph had chest pain while playing football in April last year. He was diagnosed with coronary artery disease along with severe left ventricular dysfunction and had repeated hospital admissions at his native place with complaints of breathlessness, swelling of bilateral lower limbs and abdominal distension.
He was diagnosed with ischemic cardiomyopathy in Uganda and was brought here for further management in November last and admitted on December 13.
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