Due to innovations in cardiac surgery, the hospital has been able to perform such complex surgeries on patients of all the age groups without much complication
Nayati Multi Super Speciality Hospital, Mathura recently conducted three unusual paediatric cardiac surgeries on three boys aged two, four and 19.
The first case was of Gaurav Saxena from Mathura. The two-year-old was diagnosed with multiple holes in the heart at the age of four months. Though he was referred to a renowned private hospital in Delhi, the patient was not comfortable getting the surgery done as he had no means to stay in the city during the duration of the surgery. Saxena was admitted to Nayati Multi Super Speciality Hospital on June 20 and and operated the day after. He was extubated within three hours of surgery and is now doing fine.
The second case was of a 19-year-old boy, who was diagnosed with congenital heart disease, tetralogy of fallot, blue baby syndrome. He was suffering from heart disease at the age of five months when his parents noticed bluish discolouration of lips and nail bed. As a child he was restless, could barely walk and used to hardly sleep for almost three years. He was taken to various government and private hospitals in Delhi. At the age of 16, his parents noticed deepening cyanosis and easy fatigability, and hence decided to get him operated. At Nayati, the child was repeatedly counselled for weeks by the doctors and counsellors. He was shown successful postoperative paediatric cardiac patients operated at the hospital. After finally convinced, multiple phlebotomy was done as he had high haemoglobin levels and was discharged on fifth post operative day.
The third case was that of four-year-old boy Dev Aggrawal who was suffering from congenital heart disease, tetralogy of fallot – blue baby syndrome since the age of one year when his parents noticed odd bluish discoloration of lips n nail bed. He was taken to a Jaipur hospital and Fortis Escorts Heart Institute Delhi for treatment but could not afford the surgery. He was also operated at Nayati hospital and is doing quite well and recuperating.
Niira Radia, Chairperson, Nayati Healthcare stated, “The health statistics reveal a rise in congenital heart disease among children in the region. Most of such diseases can be prevented through timely intervention. However, only 10 per cent of the affected infants with serious heart disease receive timely intervention. The remaining 90 per cent children do not survive because of late or no diagnosis. It is critical that awareness be created amongst the masses on early diagnosis so that the little ones can lead a healthy happy life. The Nayati team of Cardiac Sciences offers comprehensive care for patients with cardio vascular disease at an affordable cost.”
Dr Venugopal Ram Rao, Chairman, Nayati Centre for Cardiac Sciences stated, “Decades ago, only 15 to 20 per cent of babies born with heart defects survived to adulthood. Now, it’s 95 per cent. India has the largest burden of heart disease among children with two lakh children born every year with congenital heart defects (CHD).In less than 60 days, at Nayati, we have done close to 20 paediatric surgeries ranging from nine months to 19 years – all complicated and never been performed in the region. Each one of them was unique and challenging. Due to innovations in cardiac surgery, we are able to perform such complex surgeries on patients of all the age groups without much complication.”
EH News Bureau