Surat farmer’s heart now beats in Ahmedabad woman

SURAT: A 22-year-old brain dead farmer’s heart was transplanted into a 35-year-old woman who has been suffering from heart ailment from the past 10 years.
The transplant was done at a Ahmedabad-based hospital on Friday.
Maharsh Patel, 22, a farmer from Saroli village in Choriyasi taluka of Surat district, had met with an accident while returning home from his farm on July 3.
Maharsh’s car collided with a truck parked on the roadside. Due to the collision, Maharsh sustained severe injuries and was rushed to the Sardar Smrak hospital in Bardoli.
The doctors at the Bardoli hospital referred him to the INS Hospital in Surat. His CT scan reports showed heavy swelling in the brain and blood clotting.
On July 9, the neurophysician of the INS hospital declared Maharsh brain dead and contacted the city-based Donate Life NGO for the organ donation.
Nilesh Mandlewala, founder of Donate Life and member of SOTTO said, “This was the first heart transplant in western India after lockdown. We convinced Maharsh’s family members for donating his organs to give new lease of life to other people who are in dire need of transplant.”
According to Mandlewala, a team of doctors from Ahmedabad-based SIMS hospital reached Surat to accept the donation of heart.
The kidneys and liver was donated to the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC) in Ahmedabad.
A green corridor was created from the INS hospital to Surat airport covering 13 kilometres with the help of the Surat city police and the heart was transported from Surat to Ahmedabad in a chartered flight.