Three months baby survived a risky heart surgery
Pune, July 5, 2018: Any illness to a baby is always worrisome for parents. And when just a few months old is diagnosed with serious cardiac illness the stress level of parents is at peak. Performing surgery on a small and underweight infant is considered difficult and risky. One such out of the ordinary cardiac surgery was successfully conducted over a 3-month-old weighing 4.56 kgs in city’s Oyster and Pearl (ONP)- Prime hospital in Shivajinagar.
The parents of the child being wage workers, hospital arranged funding and conducted the surgery free of cost. This information was shared by Dr. Amita Phadnis, director, ONP Hospitals who is also a renowned paediatrician.
The surgery was conducted by ONP in association with Magnum Healthcare. Shivansh Sawant, who lives in Walwa taluka of Sangli, had a problem with high heart rate and palpitation for a three-month-old. Apart from this he had no other symptoms such as chest pain or turning blue due to lack of blood supply. With already suffering from infection Shivansh underwent few of the medical check-ups and it is at the same time that a 2D Echo test reflected a flaw in the heart called ‘Total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR). This condition effects the regular blood supply to the heart.
Dr. Phadnis said, “The surgery was a challenging and risky because the age of Shivansh was only 3 months and his weight was below 10 kg. But this challenge was well taken by the doctors at ONP and on June 9, 2018 he was surgically operated. Being surgery of such a small infant it has to be all the more strictly monitored after to prevent him from sepsis. He was discharged from the hospital on June 16 and now he is in a very good and healthy condition.”
Dr Shrinivas Kini was the surgeon who performed this surgery, Dr.Yashdeep Kalmankar, Dr. Prasad Balte were part of the team.
Given the financial condition of his parents, hospital raised funds from various charitable organizations. The funding from the Chief Minister’s Assistance Fund and the Siddhivinayak Trust helped him to get his surgery done for free.
