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Jorge Gallego

Support Swells For 29-Year-Old CT Heart Transplant Recipient Support Swells For 29-Year-Old CT Heart Transplant Recipient
Support Swells For 29-Year-Old CT Heart Transplant Recipient A community in Fairfield County is coming together to support the family of a 29-year-old heart transplant recipient as he recovers from his surgery.  Stamford resident Mateo Gallego, age 29, became the recipient of a new heart after experiencing chest pain on Monday, May 15. When his condition began rapidly deteriorating, he was taken to Stamford Hospital before he was transferred to Yale Hospital.  There, he was admitted for an unexpected heart transplant after he was diagnosed with heart failure, according to his father, Jorge Gallego, who began a GoFundMe fundraiser page …