- Selwa Hussain from London doesn’t have a heart, she carries an . . .
According to sources, Selwa Hussain’s life changed entirely in the year 2017, when she suffered a heart attack She was alone at home, but she gathered courage and drove herself to the doctor Selwa Hussain was to have a heart transplant in London, but due to poor health, it could not happen Doctors found a unique solution for her—an artificial heart! This state-of-the-art device, which gave new life to Selwa Hussain, has two batteries that weigh about 7 kg The device that works as an
- Meet Selwa Hussain, the woman who carries her heart in a bag
London: Selwa Hussain carries a 6-kilogram rucksack on her back all the time - it contains her heart Selwa, from the UK, underwent a life-saving operation in 2017 after which she has been carrying her artificial heart in the backpack The backpack contains batteries, an electric motor and a pump that pushes air through tubes to power plastic chambers in her chest which pushes blood around her body
- Harefield Hospital patient goes home thanks to total artificial heart
A 39-year-old mother, who was losing her battle with heart failure, was able to spend Christmas at home with her family after receiving a total artificial heart at Harefield Hospital Selwa Hussain was discharged home to spend the Christmas period with her husband and two young children It is thought that she is only the second person in the UK to be able to leave hospital with a total artificial heart Selwa was urgently referred to Harefield Hospital with end stage heart failure in June
- The woman who carries her heart in her backpack – BBC London News
But for Selwa Hussain it's more a case of carrying it in her backpack The 39-year-old from Illford in East London is the first woman to have left a UK hospital with an artificial heart
- The Woman Who Carries Her Heart In Backpack - NDTV. com
Meet Selwa Hussain, UKs first woman with a backpacked artificial heart after a life-saving operation
- Britains only woman to carry her heart in a backpack
When Selwa Hussain, 39, of Clayhall, Essex, had extreme heart failure, doctors performed pioneering surgery to give her an artificial heart which she must carry in a specialised backpack
- Woman has artificial heart in backpack after surgery at . . . - Metro
Selwa Hussain was fitted with a £86,000 'artificial implant in a bag' after she suffered from heart failure
- Smiling Selwa Hussain has no heart | Arunachal Observer
The artificial heart costing £86,000 (Rs 88 72 lakh) was made by an American company and fitted inside Selwa’s body during a six-hour operation The surgery was performed by Dr Diana Garcia Saez and assisted by Harefield’s head of transplantation surgery, Andre Simon Hussain, 41, mother of a son and a daughter, lives in Ilford, east London
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