The Joy of Surgeries --The Continuing Work to help Children with CHD - Pause and Restart
The Little Heart Surgeries was going on well – Over 300 surgeries done since July 2017 and funding had been secured to do another 225 surgeries when the Covid struck this project as well – Medical camps that identified children with the defect could not happen , more so surgeries could not performed due to the risk. It was very painful as there were children that needed the treatment to be normal post the surgery . Discussions continued with the medical team and the Rotary and slowly things started opening up , a solution was found . However the solution needed additional funding and this requirement was to adhere to Covid norms in terms of testing the patient and other requirements for the medical team for them to be safe – But the approval from Rotary International for the additional fund need came overnight . And so , the surgeries have commenced .. We have had eight surgeries post August so far and they have been successful. This is really good news and progress can be m