Pakistani 19-year-old Ayesha was married to an Indian man in Chennai

Chinese: In India, a 19-year-old Pakistani girl, Ayesha, fell in love with a 69-year-old man.

According to Indian media, Ayesha was brought to Chennai from Karachi, Pakistan for the first time in 2019 after suffering a heart attack and failing to function properly.

Heart transplant was advised by a senior cardiac surgeon in Chennai. Ayesha was kept on a waiting list until a donor heart was found and a left ventriculator assist device was fitted to help the heart pump blood.

Ayesha returned with the device but her condition worsened again in 2023 as her heart started working on the right side and the heart pump also leaked. Indian doctors asked him to come to Chennai for treatment.

Aisha has no father. The cost of heart transplant was very high and this facility is not available in Pakistan at present, for which the Indian doctors arranged the funding.

There was some delay in Ayesha’s treatment due to the visa. Finally, the mother and daughter reached India, where on January 31, Dr. Suresh Rao, co-director of the Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant at MGM Healthcare, transplanted Ayesha’s heart from a 69-year-old man. went.

Ayesha recovered quickly and was discharged on April 17. All the heart transplant expenses were met by an NGO “Aishwarya Trust” with the help of medical professionals and ex-patients.

Ayesha wants to pursue her career as a fashion designer after completing her studies in Karachi.

Dr. Suresh Rao, Co-Director, Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant, MGM Healthcare, said, “By deciding on a heart transplant, we took a partial risk but we were left with no other option.”