Understanding Congenital Heart Disease: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments

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Congenital heart defects refer to defects in the heart that children are born with. These are one of the most common congenital defects globally. In India too, 200,000+ children are born with a congenital heart defect (CHD). These are the numbers of the cases that are recorded – there maybe many more which go undiagnosed and hence untreated. Only 25 per cent of the children diagnosed with a congenital heart defect are able to get the required treatment. A lack of awareness and access to resources are the biggest challenges in children getting timely treatment. Organisations like Genesis Foundation, a congenital heart foundation India has been taking steps to both build awareness and provide financial treatment to those who cannot afford the cost of treatment. The treatment for CHD is expensive and families that do not earn enough to meet their daily needs have to depend on funds they receive as a congenital heart disease donation to support the treatment. Symptoms of Congenital Heart
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Top 10 hospitals for Congenital Heart Disease Treatment

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The number of hospitals offering Congenital Heart Disease Treatment in India is slowly increasing. In the early and mid-1990’s there were only a few hospitals offering treatment, but with advancing technologies and a greater need for such niche treatment, there are around 50 hospitals both in the private and government sector offering Congenital Heart Disease Treatment for children who are born with heart defects. 

Here are the top 10 hospitals for child heart surgery in India:

1. Madras Medical Mission is the first hospital in India in the private sector to treat children with Congenital Heart Defects. The hospital was founded in 1982 by well-known Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon, Dr K M Cherian. The hospital is in Chennai. It is well equipped to handle all sorts of Congenital Heart Defects and around 400 pediatric open-heart surgeries to 500 cardiac Cath Interventions are done per year. Dr K Shivakumar is the Head of Department of Pediatric Cardiology. Click here to connect with them.

2. Miot Hospital in Chennai offers good quality pediatric care. The department of Pediatric Cardiology was started in 2007 and Dr Robert Coelho is the Director of Pediatric Cardiology. The hospital performs 350 open heart surgeries and 120 cardiac Cath Interventions per year. Dr Coelho is also credited to perform the first Nikaidoh surgery in India. Click here to connect with them.

3. Fortis Escorts Hospital in Delhi is the first private sector hospital in Delhi to start the Pediatric Cardiology Department. Dr K S Iyer, Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon started the department in 1997. Dr Iyer is credited with performing India’s first Double Switch Surgery. The hospital performs 600 open heart surgeries and 400 cardiac Cath Interventions per year. The hospital is a major center supporting children from the northern parts of India. Click here to connect with them.

4. Max Hospital in Delhi is a tertiary care hospital with all the facilities to support children with Congenital Heart Defects. The department of Pediatric Cardiology was started in 2006. Dr K S Dagar is the Principal Director and Head of Congenital Heart Surgery. The hospital performs 350 open heart surgeries and 120 cardiac Cath Interventions per year. Click here to connect with them.

5. Artemis Hospital located in Gurugram offers comprehensive care for children with Congenital Heart Defects. The department was started in 2015 by Dr Aseem R Srivastava, Head Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. All kinds of complex open-heart surgeries in children are performed. 300 open heart surgeries and 100 cardiac Cath Interventions are performed per year. Click here to connect with them.

6. Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi is one of the leading hospitals in India offering quality pediatric cardiac care. The department was established in 1999 by Dr R Krishna Kumar, Clinical Professor and Head of Department Pediatric Cardiology. It is the first private hospital in Kerala to start Pediatric Cardiology Department. 700 open heart surgeries and an equal number of cardiac Cath Interventions are performed per year. The hospital is involved in large number of Epidemiological Research projects in Pediatric Cardiology and have performed many open-heart surgeries in neonates weighing less than 2 kilograms. It is the first Institute in India to offer D.M course in Pediatric Cardiology. Moreover, the first 3D printing technology in Pediatric Cardiology in India has been started at Amrita Institute. Click here to connect with them.

7. G Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital in Coimbatore is one of the major hospitals in the western part of Tamil Nadu supporting children with Congenital Heart Defects. The department of Pediatric Cardiology was established in 2007. Over the years the hospital has become a major source of referral center from Tamil Nadu and neighboring districts of Kerala. Dr R Vijayakumar is the Head of Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. The hospital is a Center of Excellence in performing the Ozaki Technique for repairing valves in children with Congneital heart Defects. Close to 350 open heart surgeries and 300 Cath Interventions are performed per year. Click here to connect with them.

8. Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad has a well-established Pediatric Cardiology Department. The department was started in 2012 by Dr Anil Dharmapuram and Dr Nagarajan. It was the first hospital in private sector in Hyderabad to have a ECMO facility in Pediatric Cardiology Department. Complex open-heart surgeries are performed including Neonatal Ebstein’s Repair and Pulmonary Root Translocations in children with Transposition of Great Arteries. 400 open heart surgeries and 200 Cath Interventions are performed per year. Click here to connect with them.

9. Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai is one of the leading tertiary care hospitals offering quality treatment to children with congenital heart defects. The department was established by Dr Suresh Rao in 2009. Dr Rao is the Director Department of Congenital Heart Surgery. The hospital is a Training Institute for doctors who want to pursue Pediatric Cardiology as a carrier. The hospital performs 700 open heart surgeries and 250 Cardiac Cath Interventions. It is one of the major referral centers for children with Congenital Heart Defects from all over India. Click here to connect with them.

10. Columbia Asia Hospital located in Bangalore, has a very well established neonatal and pediatric intensive care unit (NICU and PICU), that enables the surgeons to take care of children with complex congenital heart defects as well. Click here to connect with them.

Hope this list helps you to get timely medical care for a child born with Congenital Heart defect in any part of India.

Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India

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