SRI'S Blog

  Vijay, a seven-year-old boy from Cuddalore, went in for his cardiac surgery on May 25, 2023. His surgery was a little more complicated than regular cardiac surgery. He underwent the surgery and is now doing well. So what is special about this patient, May 25th, and this surgery?   It is a big milestone for the Little Hearts Project, a project that is run by the Rotary Club of Madras South with support from Rotary International, the Rotary Club of Pasadena, and funding support from the Chief Minister’s Insurance Scheme of the State Government of Tamilnadu, very kind sponsors (including a significant contributions from Ford), and Soorya Hospital,   who have been performing the surgeries with the support of Doctors and their support system.   While reaching the milestone of 500 surgeries calls for celebration, I was thinking through this journey and how we were able to get to this number. Saving lives and giving them back their regular lifestyle is n...

  So far the Little Heart Surgeries Project ( Aimed to perform surgeries to correct Congenital Heart Defects ) has completed over 400 surgeries in five years or so since it was launched.   This would not have been possible without the Grace of God and with support of so many  kind hearted people ( Doctors , Rotarians of the Globe  ( Calling out Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Pasendena Club who are Partners)), Nurses , support staff, Government of TN CM   Insurance scheme , Corporates like Ford , CAMS and many more Romba Naala Ullangal   😊 )   We used to visit the hospital regularly and check on the little kids and their families   who went through the surgery 9 2017- till early2020). During the Pandemic where we restricted our visits to the hospital , it was through phones calls alone. One thought that always used to linger with us ( Core team ) was to check these kids post say two or three years after surgery and see how they were doing ...