Free open heart surgery
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 14, 2012:
A group of selected patients would be sent to New Delhi for free open heart surgery from October by the Rotary Club of Imphal.
According to a statement issued by the secretary of Rotary Club of Imphal, a screening test of the congenital heart disease patients was conducted by the Rotary Club of Polo City with the help of Gift of Life team from Fortis Escorts Heart Institutes of New Delhi led by Dr Iyer, Dr Parvathi, past district Governor Ashish Ghosh and Rotarian Pateek Jain; President Rotary Club of Delhi, Mid West Dr AC Peter; National Coordinator, Gift of Life, Rotary Bhavan, Mantripukhri.
The Echo test of the patients was sponsored by the New Babina Diagnostic Centre, Porompat.
The Gift of Life team was also honoured on August 12 with cultural programme at Rotary Bhavan and a sight seeing programme was also arranged for them at Sendra which was followed by a lunch at ISCKON Hotel on August 13.