Children heart surgery camp ends
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 10 2023:
The two-week Free Children Heart Surgery Camp jointly organised by SKY Hospital & Research Centre Pvt Ltd, Imphal and William Novick Global Cardiac Alliance, USA and Manipur Heart Foundation concluded on May 6 with the last child from Mizoram discharged from the hospital.
In a release, SKY Hospital & Research Centre informed that during the camp, 18 children with various heart defects including 12 from Manipur and six from other north-eastern states were operated with 100 per cent success rate.
Manipur Heart Foundation president & SKY Hospital chief cardiologist Dr L Shyamkishore Singh expressed his happiness on the 100 per cent success of such high risk heart surgery for the small and critically ill kids.
He also thanked professor William Novick, the founder and CEO and the 16 visiting specialists of Novick Cardiac Alliance, USA for their sacrifice, selfless commitment to have flown to this distant place to conduct such highly skilled heart surgeries of various kinds.
He also showed gratitude to chief minister N Biren, health minister Dr S Ranjan and additional chief secretary (health & family welfare) for their support and ep-, couragement for organising such life-saving camp along with well-wishers, staff of SKY Hospital and Manipur Heart Foundation.
Dr Shyamkishore further appealed to the people of the region to be aware of the symptoms of various birth heart defects irrespective of age and the various modern treatment strategies for such defect at an early age.