Apr-26 : Pakistani teenager Ayesha Rashan received a heart transplant in India. Aishwaryam Trust provided financial assistance for the Rs 35 lakh procedure.
The transplant surgery was performed free of cost at MGM Healthcare. A Pakistani teenager with a heart ailment got a new lease of life after she received a heart donor across the border in Delhi.
Nineteen-year-old Ayesha Rashan had been suffering from heart disease for the past decade. In 2014, she visited India where a heart pump was implanted to support her failing heart. Unfortunately, the device proved ineffective, and doctors recommended a heart transplant to save her life.
Ayesha Rashan’s family sought consultation at MGM Healthcare Hospital in Chennai from Dr KR Balakrishnan, Director of the Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant, and Dr Suresh Rao, Co-Director. The medical team advised that a heart transplant was necessary as Ayesha’s heart pump had developed a leak, and she was placed on an Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) procedure.
However, the family hesitated, citing their inability to afford the approximately Rs 35 lakh required for the transplant process. (Agencies)
