Children and young persons suffering from congenital heart diseases, a problem which can be corrected by surgery, die prematurely because they have no money for treatment. It is sad to let a child or young person die for want of funds when they can be saved with a routine surgery with excellent prospects for full recovery & be able to lead a normal productive life.
Rotary Club hold medical camps in our communities, also we are in touch with referral hospitals who identify children & young persons below the age of 30 suffering from congenital heart diseases belonging to poor sections of society, who would be operated upon free of cost under this project, in association with partner hospitals. Patients from underprivileged sections of society will get a new lease of life.We also propose to treat children from other countries as also from our neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan & Nepal where medical facilities are not that advanced. We have an arrangement with Fortis Hospital, Mohali/Chandigarh, a leading hospital in our area for an extremely concessional cost of approx $1500 per congenital heart surgery .
We need an international partner district/club for this important life saving project to be able to take up surgery for congenital heart disease for upto 40 children in the coming year.
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