{"id":51689,"date":"2023-01-16T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T04:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/young-heart-recipient-dies-20230111-2\/"},"modified":"2023-01-16T06:00:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T04:00:49","slug":"young-heart-recipient-dies-20230111-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/young-heart-recipient-dies-20230111-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Young heart recipient dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Phalo Gayiya from De Doorns, a much-loved teenager in the Langeberg region who at age seven had stolen the hearts of the public when undergoing a heart transplant, has died from medical complications. <\/p>\n<p>Reported by <i>Standard<\/i> last year, the Winelands Primary School learner was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, a disease that causes heart muscles within ventricles to dilate, stretch and become thinner. 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