Words of Appreciation: Pacemaker saved life of Young Girl | Success Story | Metro Group of Hospitals

Ms. Ruba, 21 years old from IRAQ was suffering from recurrent loss of consciousness she consulted a few doctors and then she visited Metro Hospital, Faridabad for her treatment She presented to our complaints of recurrent loss of consciousness and, on examination, we found that she had a structurally different heart, not a normal heart, which is called the corrected transposition of the great arteries. In this, the arteries of the upper chamber and lower chamber are attached in a different manner in the heart. So pacemaker implantation was a challenge for her. On top of this, she had 2 previous pacemakers implanted One was implanted when she was eight years old, and the other one was implanted when she was 17 years old. Both the pacemakers were done outside the Metro Hospital, Faridabad. So there was one remaining pacemaker, which was done in 2017. It was implanted under the pectoral muscle, and it was very deep inside, and the wire of the pacemaker had broken off, so it was not p