MUMBAI: A Ukrainian woman became the first foreign national to undergo a life-saving heart transplant at a city hospital on Monday. The 27-year-old mother had registered with Fortis Hospital in Mulund two days ago. The central organ distribution body in New Delhi allocated the heart to her after no other Indian recipient on the waiting list was found to be a match.

Diagnosed with post-partum dilated cardiomyopathy, the housewife was in urgent need of a donor heart. She found the match in a 22-year-old Surat man, who was declared brain dead after a road accident. His family consented to donate his vital organs, including pancreas and corneas, giving a lease of life to seven persons.“Post-partum dilated cardiomyopathy is an uncommon form of heart failure that happens during the last month of pregnancy or up to five months after giving birth. The disorder carries a high mortality rate,” said a Fortis Hospital doctor. The harvested heart was flown to the city from Unity Hospital, Surat, in one hour, 32 minutes, covering 317 km…..Readmore