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COIMBATORE: For the first time in Coimbatore district, a heart transplant was performed under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme. Only seven heart transplants have been performed in Coimbatore, since 2014, when the first one was performed. “However, we contacted Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project in November and applied for coverage for this patient. “Any transplant patient needs immunosuppressants to avoid organ rejection for a year. In December we got an approval,” said KMCH’s chief cardio thoracic surgeon Dr Prashanth Vaijyanath.Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project agreed to pay Rs 14 lakh for the surgery and recovery and Rs 1 lakh for medication which should be taken for a year..