The complex surgery, performed by a team of doctors at the Montefiore Health System in New York City, took four hours.
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Jorde added: “Thanks to important medical advances, people with HIV can control their disease so well that they can save the lives of others living with the condition.
The woman spent 5 weeks recovering in the hospital. She is currently being monitored by her transplant doctors in Montefiore.
In 2013, the US HIV Organ Policy Equality Act allowed people living with HIV to donate their organs to HIV-positive recipients. However, it took nearly 10 years for this opportunity to become a reality for a heart transplant.
“Making this option available to people living with HIV expands the donor pool and means more people have or don’t,” said Dr. Omar Saeed, patient cardiologist and Assistant. with HIV, will have quicker access to lifesaving services.” Professor of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Source: IANS
