Kushal S, a 13-year-old boy from Bengaluru, underwent heart transplant at Fortis Hospital in the city. The operation was successful and the boy watched Rajinikanth movies during his staryin the hospital, to come to terms with the pain, post surgery.

Kushal hails from Moodalapalya in Bengaluru and was suffering from dilated cardiomyopathy, where the weakened heart cannot pump adequate blood and the capacity was gradually decreasing as days passed by.

The heart of a 20-year-old boy from Vishakhapatnam was transplanted into Kushal. The doctors have  said that he is responding to the treatment well. But he needs continuous physiotherapy and a proper diet to get back to his regular routine. It will take at least some months for him to start going to school.

The heart was flown to Bengaluru from Vishakhapatnam on August 6 and Kushal was operated upon the same day.

 

Initially, there were only complaints of vomiting and his condition could not be diagnosed by the local clinics, according to reports. When he did not recover with medication for a long time, he was referred to Fortis and the doctors  convinced the parents to go ahead with the operation for the child.

Kushal's mother works in the garment factory, so could not bear the expenses of the operation. But two NGOs and Fortis Hospitals came forward to help and now thanks to the doctors and Rajinikanth's movies, the boy is recovering well.