- A 50-year-old man's life in Delhi was limited to only a year because of his decreased cardiac efficiency and heart failure.
- As the need for a heart transplant surgery became inevitable, the donor heart was duly provided by a 21-year-old accident victim from Jaipur.
- Two initial angioplasties and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator device could not do much to keep the patient's heart strong anymore.
- The donor heart was retreived soon after the doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute received the information of a suitable donor at Eternal Heart Care Centre, Jaipur.
- Within 30 minutes the heart arrived at FEHI where the transplant was performed in 6 hours and his life was saved.
- According to the chairman at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Dr. Ashok Seth, because of significant awareness a steady growth in organ donation has been witnessed that culminated in saving a lot of lives.
- The condition of the patient has been stable post surgery.
Source: Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Media Update