Gurugram, Feb. 13 -- A 14-year-old child from Uzbekistan, Dilshod, had been living with dilated cardiomyopathy for almost ten years. This is a condition in which the heart muscle becomes very weak, making it difficult for the heart to pump blood to the various parts of the body and ultimately causes 'Life-Threatening Heart Failure'.

This 14-year-old boy is now the first child to be discharged in northern India after receiving a Mechanical Heart - a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD). He is now also the youngest recipient of an LVAD device in India. This pioneering surgery was performed at the Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at a Private Hospital in Gurugram.

Over the past year, his illness had gotten worse, with advanced hear...