Total Artificial Heart Patient Omer Bayrak Shines in Turkey
Total Artificial Heart patient Omer Bayrak visits the booth of the Turkish distributor for SynCardia's Total Artificial Heart at a medical meeting on Sept. 17, 2011. He is pictured with his three children, Zahide, 21 (left), Betul, 12 and his son Emre, 16.(PRNewsFoto/SynCardia Systems, Inc.) 29 Sep 2011 13:45 Africa/Lagos Total Artificial Heart Patient Enjoys Spotlight as "The Only Man in Turkey Who Lives Without a Heart" Omer Bayrak Takes Stage During Total Artificial Heart Session at Turkish Society for Artificial Organs and Support Systems Meeting PR Newswire TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 29, 2011 TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In May 2011, Omer Bayrak made headlines when he became the first patient in Turkey to be discharged from the hospital using the Freedom® portable driver to power his SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart. Since returning home to wait for a matching donor heart, Mr. Bayrak has been enjoying his new-found celebrity as "the only m...