145 children operated, 60 more to undergo surgery
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 10 2015 :
The Heart to Heart Project of Rotary Club of Imphal & Rotary Club of Polo City, Imphal has so far provided free heart operation to 145 children of Manipur.
Out of the total, three children are from Tamenglong district, five from Churachandpur district, nine from Senapati district, 19 from Bishnupur district, 26 from Thoubal district, 27 from Imphal East and 49 from Imphal West, a statement said on Sunday.
The heart surgery is now conducted under Gift of Life Programme, a project managed by Rotary Club of Delhi East End.
The funds for the project are collected from participating Rotary Clubs all over the country.
The funds are contributed by the members of the respective Rotary Clubs.
There is no funding from any source like the Government and organizations.
Members of Rotary Clubs of Imphal and Rotary Club of Polo City, Imphal have been generously contributing to the Gift of Life Project to enable the children from the State to get the facility of free heart surgery.
On Sunday, at the Rotary Bhavan, Mantripukhri, sixty children from all over the State were examined by medical experts on the parameters provided by the doctors of Fortis Escorts heart Institute, New Delhi.
These reports along with the latest Echocardiography reports of the children will be sent to Escorts Heart Institute for their assessment and thereafter the surgery will begin July 2015 as per the schedule fixed by the heart institute.