Paediatric Heart Surgeries – Committee Report

Committee Members: Rtn. Jaymin Jhaveri, Rtn. Swati Jajodia, PP Vijay Jatia, DGE Sandip Agarwalla

Under our Global Grant No 2099621, we had a total of $5,09,653 (INR 3,78,26,877/-) approved funds available to us to support surgeries of needy and deserving children suffering from congenital heart disease.

As on February 21st, 2022, out of the abovementioned funds we have utilised INR 2,55,26,163/- and committed a further INR 675000.15/- (patients are yet to be discharged).

We have completed / committed a total of 264 surgeries at our partner hospitals with details as under:

Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital – 171 surgeries

SRCC Children’s Hospital – 89

Haria Rotary Hospital – 4

Due to the Covid-19 situation, many patients’ families were reluctant to visit health camps organised to diagnose CHD in children. However, as the situation improved, we have been able to reach so many families with children (from new-borns to aged 18) who made the effort to visit camps and hospitals to get a proper diagnosis. With the situation improving, more people can get the required diagnosis and treatment in time.

We have also been able to utilise our Club’s Rotarians’ (Rtn. Poonam Lalvani) network of social workers through the Life Foundation. They have helped in identifying a needy patient and helped the family by providing required guidance to get needful documents in order. We were able to provide timely financial assistance for Om, a child who had two heart surgeries, at SRCC Children’s Hospital.

We are continuously working to help and reach out to as many needy children through awareness camps organised by the hospitals. We are targeting to help at least 375-380 children. We hope to complete the same within the next few months.