Thiruvananthapuram: The heart of Lali Gopakumar, a native of Chembazhati, flies to Kochi in Kerala’s helicopter. The woman from Kothamangalam is will receive the heart. For the first time, a government-paid helicopter is being used as an air ambulance for organ donation.
The heart donated by Lali Gopakumar, a resident of Chembazhanthi who is a brain deceased admitted at a private hospital at Thiruvananthapuram. The 49-year-old woman from Kothamangalam had heart surgery.
The Kothamangalam native was waiting for a month to register with the government’s organ donation scheme.