- NH-SRCC Hospital to conduct 200 cardiac surgeries per month for needy children under various Government schemes
- Around 1,400 children suffering from cardiac ailments screened in last one year across rural Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Goa
| Diagnosis |
Maharashtra |
Madhya Pradesh |
Goa |
| Cases Screened | 980 | 196 | 306 |
| Positive Cases | 385 | 71 | 19 |
| Performed Cardiac Surgeries | 166 | 46 | 0 |
Data of cardiac camps done by team of SRCC Children’s Hospital
Dr. Soonu Udani, Medical Director, Narayana Health SRCC Children’s Hospital, said, “The hospital conducted series of cardiac care camps across the state of Maharashtra. The Hospital has worked very closely with various state governments including Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Goa to reach out to remote villages for free cardiac camps.” Dr. Supratim Sen, Senior Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist, Narayana Health SRCC Children’s Hospital, said, “Congenital heart diseases (CHD) account for as much as 28% of all birth defects. The incidence of CHD is around 8-12 per 1000 live births. In India, every year, approximately 240,000 children are born with CHD, of which one-fifth need early intervention to survive the first year of life”. Taking the prevalence of CHD into consideration, there are an estimated 25 million (2.5 crore) children, adolescents and adults with untreated CHD in India, which poses a huge challenge and burden on the patients, their families and on society. Dr. Pradeep Kaushik, Senior Consultant Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon, Narayana Health SRCC Children’s Hospital, said, “Today, due to new technological developments including the development of newer minimally invasive transcatheter techniques and ease of availability of high quality surgical and interventional treatment, if a child is detected to have a congenital heart defect, the long-term prognosis and future for the patient are excellent”.
