Pakistani Girl Gets New Lease of Life in India: Ayesha Rashid From Karachi Undergoes Successful Heart Transplant Surgery in Chennai, Receives Heart From Brain-Dead Patient (Watch Video)

In a heartwarming tale of cross-border cooperation, 119-year-old Ayesha Rashid from Karachi, Pakistan, received a new lease on life after undergoing a successful heart transplant surgery at Chennai's MGM Healthcare Hospital. Expressing gratitude towards the Indian government for granting her a visa, Ayesha remarked, "I am feeling fine...I got a heart transplant." Reportedly, the surgery was made possible through the donation of a heart from a brain-dead patient in Delhi. Delhi: Brain Dead Man Saves Four Lives After Family Donates His Heart, Liver and Both Kidneys.

Pakistani Girl Gets Heart Transplant Surgery in Chennai

VIDEO | 19-year-old Pakistani girl undergoes successful heart transplant surgery in #Chennai.

"I am feeling fine. I thank (the Indian government) for giving me visa...I got a heart transplant," says Ayesha Rashid, a resident of Karachi, Pakistan.

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