Brain-dead woman’s heart saves young mother

Surat | Sunday | 30th September, 2018

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Soni’s heart was transplanted into Shraddha Kamlesh Kanojiya, 37, a resident of Mumbai.Shraddha had been suffering from heart disease ever since she gave birth to a baby in September 2016. A neurosurgeon at NCH declared Soni brain-dead on Saturday.NCH authorities contacted Donate Life for convincing deceased’s family members to go for cadaver donation of Soni’s vital organs, including her heart. Three heart recipients were from Ahmedabad and one each belonged to Chennai, Indore and New Delhi. Shraddha’s husband Kamlesh Kanojiya owns a mobile repairing shop in Chembur.Donate Life authorities said Soni’s was 20th heart to be donated from Surat in the last 34 months. Her heart’s pumping capacity had reduced to almost 15 per cent and later it went down to 10 per cent..