Rotary's Heart Project
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 30 2012:
A total of 74 fresh applicants were received during the screening programme of Rotary's Heart to Heart Project which was conducted yesterday at the Rotary Centre, Mantripukhri.
A statement issued by the Coordinator of Gift of Life (India) and Herat to Hear Project said all the children selected will be operated under Rotary's Gift of Life Project, New Delhi.The screening of the children was a joint effort of Rotary Club of Imphal and Rotary Club of Polo City Imphal.
Alarmed and concerned with the high rates of Congenital heart Disease (CHD) among the children of Manipur, a team of world renowned paediatric cardio surgeon and cardiologist from Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi will visit Imphal to examine the children on August 12, the statement further mentioned.
So far, 82 children from Manipur have undergone open heart surgery free of cost under the Rotary's Heart Project.