The 10-year-old Pakistani boy lives in Dubai.
By Dileep Thekkethil
BENGALURU: A 10-year-old Pakistani boy from Dubai is now living with an Indian heart that reached from Hyderabad to Chennai’s Frontier Lifeline Hospital on Tuesday to get transplanted.
According to leading heart surgeon Dr. KM Cherian, the chairman of the hospital, the boy was admitted to the hospital a month ago with a condition called cardiomyopathy.
“He had dilated cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the heart muscles balloon out and become enlarged and so, cannot pump efficiently,†said Dr. Cherian.
He added that earlier on Monday morning the hospital got a call from Hyderabad saying that a 12-year-old boy‘s heart was available for transplantation as he was declared brain dead by doctors after a tragic accident.
The boy, identified as Vaishnav (12) met with an accident that killed three other members of his family. After being alerted about the availability of the heart, a team of doctors from Frontier Hospital flew to Hyderabad and came back with the heart, safely.
According to The Hindu, the Hyderabad Police created a green corridor for the transportation of the heart from the hospital to Shamshad International Airport. The heart that got airlifted to Chennai reached the destination in just 35 minutes.
“Our team got back to Chennai at 4.30 p.m. and the heart was brought from the airport to the hospital in less than 20 minutes,†Dr. Cherian said.
According to an official of the Tamil Nadu cadaver transplant program, none of the cardiac transplant centres in Chennai had an Indian patient who was a suitable recipient for the heart.
“We also asked the Telangana government to check with other neighbouring States including Kerala and Karnataka to make sure there was no Indian patient in the vicinity who could have received it. If no Indian patient is found suitable, then the organ can be given to a foreign national,†he said.
The family of the boy originally hails from the state of Punjab in Pakistan but are currently settled in Dubai. At around 10:15 PM the doctors confirmed a successful transplant of the heart and the boy was moved to a support system.
Vaishnav’s other vital organs were sent to various hospitals for transplant surgeries.
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Indian try to save the child but unfortunately child died ……plz do not make it Hindu /Muslim controversy ………….. pray for the boy may his soul rest in peace. “May Allah talal us ki family ko sabar ata farmy Ameen”
A Hindu boy’s heart taken by a paki Muslim. It cannot be believed that no Indian was needing the heart! There are lot of poor patients who due to want of funds could not access the organ transplant facilities. Butany number of Arab/ Pakistani and other Muslim narrow minded people with access to top hospitals and money, get away with our hearts, kidneys as if we Indians/Hindus have no where to go. First govt should have to regulate hospitals ggiving organ transplants that even if a patient without money is requiring organ transplant, they should get first priority over these pak/Arab Muslims who are anyway too narrow minded in their respective countries. Otherwise if anyEBAYCHN129 country hadreligious exlusion for benefits to be availed, they should be given same reciprocal treatment here also.
First of all …d boy has died… I know his family…..n i m still in chennai wd his elder brother….ds is a fake news….n every person wnts to live….n God hasnt made everyone equally…inequality ws made by God..dnt blame odrs….
It’s only to remind the Islam only/Islamic countries which they practice freely in their majority countries and when they land in democratic and tolerant societies/ countries, they talk about humanism, secularism, values etc , which if they are true to their faith should teach the Taliban’s/ISIS/ ALquada/ book haram etc about secularism, tolerance, democracy, humanitarian values
An Indian boy donated his heart to a pakistani boy and unfortunately the opearation was a failure which resulted in the boy’s death. Bedside the great efforts to save their chilld, the Pakistani parents prefered to bury his child in Indian soil . In spite of offering condolences, it is strange to talk about ISIS and Alqaida for the failure of two poor young hearts.
Extremism is not in one community…! Have you forget the face of Sadhvi Pragiya ….the face of Bhagwa terror!
If people get brainwashed then they dont beleive their eyes even… Thinking about muslims as terrorist is a new trend …and i dont believe media any more after watching the above so called news… Not every islamic state is a terrorist… Terrorism began in Saudi Arabia and was also controlled there….muslims controlled muslims…no other community has shed blood more than ours brorher…so grow up than hate and respect humanity for the kids sake..
KK Rangan First this news is wrong unfortunately boy has died…. second Indian heart transplanted to Paki boy !!! you should take it as act of humanity.
take it as an honour that indian boy heart was transplanted to save paki boy ….