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2 lakh children born with congenital heart disease in India
Updated On: 28 September, 2023 09:21 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Congenital Heart Disease is a defect that restricts heart development and function since birth, capable of changing the way in which blood flows through a person’s heart
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Each year, World Heart Day is observed on September 29 to increase public awareness of cardiovascular disease. Image Courtesy: iStock
In India, 2,00,000 children are born with congenital heart disease, each year. Out of these one-fifth of whom are likely to be in serious condition requiring surgical interventions within the first year of the birth. These surgeries are resource-intensive and expensive, costing between Rs 1,00,000 to Rs 5,00,000 per surgery.
Due to its cost, the treatment is unaffordable for parents to save their children. To address this issue, Rotary District 3141 together with Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital Mumbai is providing quality treatment to children and supporting them to provide low-cost/free-of-cost surgeries to economically disadvantaged families. The project aims to support families who cannot afford the cost of CHD treatment.
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