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Providing Lifesaving Treatment for Children with Heart Defects – Start Donating Today

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  -Contributed by Aarohi Arora Shalini (name changed), a 10th-grade student from western India, had been feeling unusually tired, breathless, and uneasy for months. After several tests, doctors diagnosed her with a rare heart defect, Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva (RSOV) to the Right Atrium, along with heart failure and severe pulmonary hypertension. The condition required urgent treatment, but her mother, the sole earner, couldn’t afford it. With support from Genesis Foundation, Shalini received timely surgery at one of their   partner hospitals . She was discharged in stable condition and is now recovering well. This is one of the many lives Genesis Foundation strives to save through timely medical intervention and compassionate care. Genesis Foundation is an NGO in Haryana, working in the field of Congenital Heart Disease Donation , providing end-to-end support. They provide financial assistance to families with monthly income of under Rs.20,000. Over the last 24 years, they ha...
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Familiar Faces with CHD and their Journey- Valerie Azlynn

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How many kids have you heard about, who had to go through open-heart surgery at the age of 13?  Did she survive? Well, she is ruling the hearts of people. Famous for her role in the hit ‘Big Bang Theory’, she was born on November 25, 1980, in New London, Connecticut.  Valerie Azlynn is a well-known American actresses who is famous for her marvelous work on and off the screen. She has been a part of many television shows and movies and many of us also know her from the famous TV comedy Sullivan & Son. But did you know there was a chance that we would have never seen her in the movies or in fact there was a small chance that she wouldn’t be alive right now?  Shocked right? At the age of 13, Valerie and her parents found out that she was suffering from an Atrial Septal Defect, a type of Congenital heart defect in which more blood flow is directed towards the lungs which can overfill the lungs and overwork the right side of the heart making it weak. At the age of 13, Vale...
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