Bengaluru: A 58-year-old school teacher from Byadagi in Haveri District got a new lease of life as he underwent a heart transplant at M S Ramaiah Narayana Heart Centre-a unit managed by Narayana Health. The donor is a 25-year-old youth who had met with a road accident on June 16. He was declared brain-dead at Sparsh Hospital, Yeshwanthpur.
The heart was retrieved at Sparsh Hospital, Yeshwanthpur and was transported to M S Ramaiah Narayana Heart Centre, Mathikere.
The recipient was suffering from ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. He was on medical management at M S Ramaiah Narayana Heart Centre. After a thorough evaluation by the team of cardiologists and cardiac surgeons, the patient was advised a heart transplant. He had registered with Jeevasarthakate (ZCCK) on May 8, 2019. The patient was lucky to get the matching heart within 40 days of his registration.
The heart retrieval and transplant was performed by Dr. Ravi Shankar Shetty, Senior Consultant Cardiothoracic & Heart Transplant Surgeon, M S Ramaiah Narayana HeartCentre, Dr. Nagamalesh. U.M, Senior Consultant Heart Failure & Transplant, M S Ramaiah Narayana Heart Centre, Dr. Varun Shetty, Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Narayana Health City,Dr.Shilpa Rudradevaru Consultant Cardiac Surgeon,M S Ramaiah Narayana HeartCentre, Dr. Prashanth Ramamurthy, Consultant Cardiac Anaesthetist, M S Ramaiah Narayana Heart Centre, Dr. Guru Police Patil Anaesthetist, M S Ramaiah Narayana Heart Centre and team.
Narayana Health serves the people of Bangalore through its chain of 7 network hospitals in the city located at Bommasandra, HSR Layout, Whitefield, Indiranagar, Nrupthunga Road and Mattikere.
For further information contact: Vasanth Kumar, Adfactors PR, 9880938950 / Debanjali Dasgupta, Adfactors PR, 9933373127, Renu Praveen, 9742279654, Adfactors PR
