Free open heart surgery at SKY Hospital
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 19 2017:
Four
children underwent free open
heart surgery successfully at
SKY Hospital , Imphal West on
April 29 and 30.
The operation was sponsored
by State Health Society
led by PK Singh, Commissioner
(Health and Family
Welfare) under National
Health Mission, Rashtriya Bal
Swasthya Karyakram
(RBSK).
Free open heart surgery
can be availed at SKY Hospital,
RIMS Road under
Rashtriya Bal Swasthya
Karyakram (RBSK), National
Health Mission, State Health
Society, Manipur for children
below the age of 18 years who
are born with congenital heart
disease (holes and other birth
heart defects).
PK Singh, who is also the
Chairman, Executive Committee,
State Heath Society,
while participating in a function
at Sky Hospital today
expressed his profound happiness
over the initiative of
SKY Hospital.
Since the signing of MoU
between SKY Hospital and
State Health Society, the total
number of children with congenital
heart defects who
benefited the open heart surgery
under RBSK at SKY
Hospital has reached 47 in 14
months.PK Singh appealed
to the parents of children below
the age of 18 years
suspected to have been suffering
from birth heart defects
to contact RBSK district team
or district hospital for onwards
referral to Government
recognised specialist hospital
in Imphal.
Transport will be
provided free of cost under
RBSK programme, he added.
Dr L Shyamkishore Singh,
Chairman, SKY Hospital
stated that majority of these
patients will not survive if not
diagnosed in early stage and
treated appropriately.
Free OPD and free
echocardiographic heart
screening service is provided
every Thursday at SKY Hospital,
Imphal.
He expressed happiness to
see the patienrts recovering
well after the successful operation.
he also sought
co-operation from the Government
and people of the
State to help the heart patients
not only from Manipur but
also from other neighbouring
North East States.
Beneficiaries who underwent
open heart surgery at
SKY Hospital in April were
Chongneo Haokip (11), d/o
Kaikhong of Keithelmanbi,
Kangpokpi district, Rajesh
Podayl (16), s/o Hom
Bahadur of Sadu Lampak,
Imphal East district, Jenny
Baite (11), d/o Thongpao
Baite of Moreh, Chandel district
and Hijam Ibungo(4), s/
o H Debabarta Singh of
Lamsang, Imphal West.