Week-long free children heart surgery camp at SKY Hospital concludes
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 15 2019:
For the first time in the entire North Eastern India, a Week-long Free Children Heart Surgery Camp was conducted at SKY Hospital, Imphal from the March 3 to 9, jointly organised by Healing Little Hearts, United Kingdom, Manipur Heart Foundation and SKY Hospital.
Altogether 9 children from Nagaland and Manipur with various birth heart defects were operated during the camp, said a statement of the Sky Hospital today.
The age of the children ranges from 2 months old to 14 years.
The children who benefited from the free camp are: Master Manthai Phom, 2 months old boy, s/o Chingkam Phom from Dimapur, Nagaland, Lalsuanglawn, 6 months old girl, d/o Hrangliensang from Saidan village, CCpur district, Yanglem Pari, 2� years old boy, s/o Y Dananjoy from Arong Heibongkhong, Kakching district, Th Rishita, 2 years 11 months old girl, d/o Th Romesh from Heirok Part I, Thoubal district, N Nelson, 3 years 6 months old boy, s/o N Nimai from Nongpok Kakching Mayai Leikai, Imphal East district, Master Songam, 9 years 6 months old boy, s/o Rocky Chithung from Skip village, Kamjong district, O Christina Chanu, 10 years old girl, d/o O Mani Singh from Heingang, Imphal East district, A Thanil Devi, 13 years old girl, d/o (L) A Sova from Yairipok Pechi, Imphal East district and Shaiman Heisnam, 14 years old boy, s/o of H Nabachandra from Hiyangthang Maning Leikai, Imphal West District, said the hospital authorities.
Dr Branko Mimic, the lead congenital cardiac surgeon of Healing Little Hearts, United Kingdom said that operation on very small child like Master Manthai Phom, 2 months old boy was challenging, requires highly qualified and experienced doctors, nurses, technicians and highly sophisticated equipments and infrastructure.
He said SKY has the high standard infrastructure and equipments.
Dr L Shyamkishore, Chief Cardiologist and Chairman of SKY Hospital and president of Manipur Heart Foundation expressed his profound happiness and satisfaction on the success of the biggest and most complex free camp ever organised in the North Eastern India which helped save lives of the children.
Dr Shyamkishore appealed to the people of Manipur and other North Eastern States of India to be aware of the program at SKY Hospital to help give such children a new lease of life.
Today, Dr Shyamkishore joined the happy children and the parents at the cake cutting ceremony celebrating the new life of the children after the successful operations.