Abu Dhabi: Khaleel Al Herani may have been faced with an advanced heart ailment, yet it did not stop him from training.
The 35-year-old Jordanian has been hailed as a model patient by Abu Dhabi’s premiere multi-organ transplant facility, the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (CCAD). Supported by an artificial heart pump a left ventricular assistance device he continued weightlifting for nearly a year and a half before he received his heart transplant last month (October 2020). “I always thought I was invincible; I’m young and I’ve always kept in shape. So it was hard for me to accept my diagnosis,” Al Herani said.