Dubai - Hospital's tweet surfaces after Indian hospital's free transplant offer story goes viral.
Published: Sun 29 Apr 2018, 2:13 PM
Updated: Sun 29 Apr 2018, 5:01 PM
After a hospital in India offered free heart transplant to ailing Pakistani hockey legend Mansoor Ahmed following his video plea asking the Indian government to grant him medical visa went viral, a hospital in Pakistan announced that the sports hero was already getting free treatment and will not have to go to India.
Taking to Twitter, the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) in Karachi announced that Ahmed was undergoing free treatment at their specialist hospital and will be their first candidate for a heart transplant after LVAD (left ventricular assist device) implant surgery in June.
The tweet surfaced a day after a private Indian hospital's free heart transplant offer to the Pakistani legend.
Ahmed had appealed to India to issue him a visa so that he could travel for a heart transplant surgery. Fortis Group of Hospitals in India responded to the 49-year-old's appeal and offered to register him for the transplant for free, The Times of India had reported.
The hockey icon is reportedly suffering from complications due to a pacemaker in his heart. "Today I need a heart and I need the support of the Indian government," he said in a video posted on YouTube. He also directly appealed to Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, asking her to grant him a visa as early as possible.
Ahmed was a goalkeeper in Pakistan's national team and represented his country in more than 300 international matches. He won a bronze medal in the 1992 Olympics and was part of the team that won the hockey World Cup in 1994 in Sydney.
What is LVAD?
An LVAD is a surgically implanted mechanical pump that is attached to the heart. An LVAD is different from an artificial heart. An artificial heart replaces the failing heart completely whereas an LVAD works with the heart to help it pump more blood with less work. It does this by continuously taking blood from the left ventricle and moving it to the aorta, which then delivers oxygen-rich blood throughout the body. (Source: MyLVAD)
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