A 30-year-old man undergoing treatment for cardiac ailment at the Government Omandurar Multi Superspecialty hospital here recently underwent a heart transplant.
G. Ilayaraja, a resident of Papanasam in Thanjavur district, had been placed in the waiting list for the transplant.
Last week when a 19-year-old youth was declared brain dead, his organs were harvested with the consent of his parents, said Health Minister Ma. Subramanian, who visited the patient on Wednesday.
