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Tamilian Heart beats in a Kashmiri woman through Heart Transplant at MGM Healthcare

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Donor heart transported over 350 kilometres for a successful transplant on a young woman from Srinagar suffering from terminal heart failure at MGM Healthcare, Chennai Aishwarya Trust came forward to fund the heart transplant 23 February 2022, Chennai: A heart from an 18 year old brain dead donor was transported over 350 kilometres to Chennai and provided a fresh lease of life to a 33-year-old Kashmiri woman suffering from terminal heart failure , who travelled 3000 kilometres for her treatment.  Ms Shahzadi Fathima,from Srinagar, had worsening heart failure symptoms due to Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM), a condition where the chambers of the heart become stiff over time. Youtube VideoЁЯСЗЁЯСЗ She became terminally Ill and her only hope of survival was an early life saving heart transplantation . With her condition worsening, on December 31, 2021, she was admitted with sign of severe heart failure. Doctors at MGM Healthcare soon treated her with isotropes and other medications. On J...