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How Charitable Donations Online Help In Child Heart Surgery

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When the lives of young children, the future of the world, hang in the balance due to a condition they have absolutely no control over, the future starts looking grey. In India, over 200,000 kids have a heart defect at birth, i.e, a Congenital Heart Defect, affecting their entire lives ahead of them. Most of them have to get not one but many surgeries of varying severity to combat this illness. Imagine the plight of a parent who has to see their child suffer from something as serious as a heart problem. To add to it, they find out the problem is critical and the child needs multiple rounds of life-altering  surgeries. Now, to add to it, the parents don’t have the affordability to fund the medical procedures. Just the thought of it gives you chills, doesn’t it? Here’s what we can do about it. Whilst we as individuals may not be able to directly provide the required medical aid to the child or reach out to the family, there is a way to help them alleviate their agony of having to see

Psychosocial Aspects of Congenital Heart Defect Treatment: Supporting Patients and Families

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Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are a group of structural abnormalities in the heart that are present at birth. They are among the most prevalent birth abnormalities, affecting around 1 in 100 infants. As one can imagine, since this condition affects children from birth, the parents and the child go through a lot of challenges – medical, financial, emotional, psychological, social and many more. A diagnosis and timely congenital heart defect treatment can give most of these children a chance to live a near normal life. However, the journey is difficult, and these families need a lot of emotional and psychological support to stay strong. Congenital Heart Disease Treatment frequently includes surgical procedures, drugs, and continuing medical attention. Going through a medical diagnosis, accepting that their child has a defect in the heart is by no means easy. To add to that going through the medical procedure with their young child is emotionally overwhelming for any parent.  Th