100 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren stood in line to hug: The 107-year-old underwent surgery to successfully pacemaker transplant

Muhammad Casey, a resident of Baqa al-Gharbiya with 90 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, began to feel extreme fatigue alongside a slow pulse, and was rushed to Hillel Yaffe Hospital.

Despite his extreme age, the doctors decided to perform a pacemaker implant in his body and the operation was rescued.

Shlomi Gabay

28/06/2022

Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 10:47 Updated: 11:27

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Muhammad Casey (Photo: Shlomi Gabay)

Muhammad Casey, a resident of Baqa al-Ghraiba, successfully underwent pacemaker transplant surgery at the age of 107. Casey arrived at the emergency room of Hillel Yaffe Medical Center following extreme fatigue and a slow heartbeat, and after a series of comprehensive tests, doctors diagnosed him with an intra-cardiac transmission disorder.

Casey underwent the transplant and the hospital said "he is feeling well now".

He is hospitalized for observation and follow-up and is expected to be released in the coming days to his home.

The familiar and well-known phrase: "Age is just a number" gets re-validated in the case of Casey Muhammad.

Casey, 107, a father of nine children and 90 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, a resident of Baqa al-Garbia, is an independent and generally healthy person.

Recently Casey, a father of nine children with 90 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, began to feel extreme fatigue accompanied by a slow heartbeat.

He was rushed by an intensive care unit to the emergency room of Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, suffering from a very low pulse.

After a comprehensive series of tests it was found that he was suffering from a cardiac arrhythmia.

In the catheterization room of "Hillel Yaffe" he successfully underwent a pacemaker transplant, after which he was hospitalized for further supervision and follow-up.

Dr. Mark Kazetzker, director of pacemaker service at Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, who performed the operation, noted: “The patient was diagnosed with a cardiac conduction disorder that the treatment in this case is by pacemaker implantation to regulate the electrical disturbance.

Despite his extreme age, we decided to perform the operation and the pacemaker was successfully implanted.

Casey is hospitalized for observation and follow-up and is expected to be released in the coming days to his home. "

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