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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...

A Ray of Hope: How Screening Camps are Providing Children with Congenital Heart Defects Access to Life-Saving Treatment.

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  Access to healthcare continues to remain a big challenge in countries like India. While the government has played a significant role in improving this to a large extent, there continue to exist many areas where people have limited or no access to specialized healthcare. This is especially true when one talks of congenital heart defects. Congenital hearts Defects(CHDs) are the leading birth defects in the country. Inspite of that awareness regarding the same is very less leading to a delay in diagnosis and treatment. The treatment for these defects continues to remains expensive and there are not many facilities that offer freeheart surgery for poor in India . With improvements in medicine, most children born with a CHD can live a near normal life, given they receive a timely diagnosis and treatment. However, since awareness remains low and the number of pediatric cardiac care centers remain low, not many children are able to get detected on time. Not only are the pediatric ca...