Mexico City- A heart that was dropped on the ground while being transported to a hospital has been successfully transplanted into a 28-year-old hair stylist.
Dr Jaime Saldivar says Erika Hernandez does not yet know that her new heart made international news when a medical assistant stumbled and the plastic-wrapped organ tumbled out of a cooler bag on to the street two weeks ago.
Saldivar says it will be up to the family to tell her.
A rosy-cheeked Hernandez spoke to reporters on Tuesday and thanked the donor’s family, saying “I have no words to express how happy I am.”
Hernandez was born with a congenital heart defect. She received the heart of a man who died in a car accident. – Sapa-AP
Dr Jaime Saldivar says Erika Hernandez does not yet know that her new heart made international news when a medical assistant stumbled and the plastic-wrapped organ tumbled out of a cooler bag on to the street two weeks ago.
Saldivar says it will be up to the family to tell her.
A rosy-cheeked Hernandez spoke to reporters on Tuesday and thanked the donor’s family, saying “I have no words to express how happy I am.”
Hernandez was born with a congenital heart defect. She received the heart of a man who died in a car accident. – Sapa-AP
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