A Ukraine Patient's Foster Family Sponsored her Heart Transplant Surgery in India

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01.23.2019
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Patient: Alina

From: Ukraine

Condition: Congenital Heart Defect

Treatment: Heart Transplant & Lung Transplant

Doctor: Dr Sandeep Attawar

Alina, a young girl in her early 20s, was born with a heart problem, but her mother did not care for her treatment. In 2007, Alina met her foster mother, who sponsored her treatment.

Alina was brought for medical attention to Kiev City Heart Centre from the orphanage, where she first met her foster parents who decided to make her a part of their family.

Alina was brought to India after his foster parents failed to find any substantial cure for her condition in Ukraine. She was taken to Gleneagles Global Hospital in Chennai

“Heart has four parts, she, unfortunately, had both big pumps coming from one tube, and she had a big hole in the heart, and the tube was very small.” Said Dr Arul Narayanan.

“She has a Congenital Heart Defect, called double outlet ventricle, because of that defect there is mixing of oxygenated blood and deoxygenated blood, which causes low oxygen in her body,” said Dr Vijil Raulan (Senior Consultant of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Gleneagles Global Hospital, Chennai. 

Because of this heart problem, her lungs were also getting damaged due to the high pressure. So the doctors had to perform heart and lung transplant on her.

Counselling was a major part of Alina’s treatment as she had suffered through a lot in her life, and lived a pretty depressing life.

Dr Sandeep Attawar (Cardiac Surgeon) along with a team of experienced doctors performed Alina’s heart and lung transplant surgery, which went smoothly. Alina is currently recovering from her condition and looks forward to living with her new family for a long time.

Neha Verma

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