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A 36-year-old man from Pune received heart of a brain dead person from Surat giving him a new lease of life. A team of doctors from a private hospital in Mulund successfully transplanted the heart. The donor heart was transported in a chopper in 2.02 hrs from Surat covering a distance of 278 km.
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The recipient from Indapur taluka in Pune district was suffering from Dilated Cardiomyopathy. The donation became possible when a 48-year-old was declared brain dead at a hospital in Surat. The chopper took off at 3.04 pm and landed in Mumbai at 4:16 pm. It was then transported in an ambulance to reach Mulund for a transplant, it said.
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&ldquo;The surgery has been concluded and the recipient is now stable. We will continue to monitor him in the ICU for the next 48 to 72 hours,&rdquo; said Dr Anvay Mulay of Fortis Hospital. &ldquo;Heart transplant has now become a real viable treatment option for patients with end-stage cardiac diseases, who tend to otherwise have poor quality life surviving on medications,&rdquo; said Dr S Narayani, Zonal Director of the hospital.

A 36-year-old man from Pune received heart of a brain dead person from Surat giving him a new lease of life. A team of doctors from a private hospital in Mulund successfully transplanted the heart

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