Within four days of being on transplant list, ST bus mechanic gets new heart
Hindustan TimesStrap: This also marks the first heart transplant in Thane district Thane, India - September 30, 2022: 39-year-old Bhikaji Nirgun, who underwent a heart transplant surgery, poses for the photos with his wife, at Jupiter Hospital, in Thane, Mumbai, India, on, Friday, September, 30, 2022. MumbaiA rare blood group proved lucky for Bhikaji Nirgun, a resident of Kudal in Sindhudurg district, who underwent heart transplant within four days of getting registered in the waiting list for a donor heart. Just four days later, he underwent a 10-hour long heart transplant after a 57-year-old brain dead woman’s family agreed to donate her heart along with her liver, pancreas, two kidneys, tissues, cornea and bones. The heart was transported to our hospital from Nanavati Hospital in Vile Parle within 40 minutes,” said Dr Pravin Kulkarni, his heart transplant surgeon.
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