Telangana man gets new lease of life with heart transplant
IANS | Dec 9, 2018, 19:41 IST
Representative PhotoHYDERABAD: A leading mid-sized healthcare provider in Hyderabad has given a new lease of life to a young man by transplanting a donor heart in the patient's body with support from Jeevandhan network.
Though expensive, the procedure was performed at no-cost to the patient's family under the Aarogyasri scheme of the Telangana government.
Linga Swamy (29), a school bus driver from Nalgonda district was diagnosed with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCMP), a condition under which the heart becomes weak for unknown reasons.
He required an urgent heart transplant. He was registered for heart transplant with the Jeevandhan, which encourages organ donation.
On November 17, the procedure was performed successfully post a mid-night approval from all statutory and regulatory authorities concerned.
The recipient was put on heart lung bypass and on arrival of the donor heart in the hospital and having examined it thoroughly, the procedure was completed in three hours and 20 minutes, from the time of retrieval and completion of transplant.
Lingaswamy is now living an active life, said Kaukuntla.
Though expensive, the procedure was performed at no-cost to the patient's family under the Aarogyasri scheme of the Telangana government.
Linga Swamy (29), a school bus driver from Nalgonda district was diagnosed with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCMP), a condition under which the heart becomes weak for unknown reasons.
He required an urgent heart transplant. He was registered for heart transplant with the Jeevandhan, which encourages organ donation.
On November 17, the procedure was performed successfully post a mid-night approval from all statutory and regulatory authorities concerned.
The recipient was put on heart lung bypass and on arrival of the donor heart in the hospital and having examined it thoroughly, the procedure was completed in three hours and 20 minutes, from the time of retrieval and completion of transplant.
Lingaswamy is now living an active life, said Kaukuntla.
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