Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): Dr Kamakshi Memorial Hospitals, which has made a name for itself for its high-quality treatment and facilities available at all of its branches, has now another feather in its cap - the successful treatment of cancer of the voice box, followed by Tracheoesophageal Puncture to enable the patient to talk.

Chennai Tamil Nadu India NewsVoir Dr Kamakshi Memorial Hospitals has provided free cardiac care and performed cardiac interventional procedures for more than 350 children from all over Tamil Nadu To pursue and continue the good will service Dr KMH has now collaborated with members of Rotary Club of Madras Temple City in their project called Healing Little Hearts This endeavour has aligned with the hospitals celebration of World Heart Day on September 29th 2021 wherein the children who have been earlier treated free at Dr Kamakshi Memorial Hospitals were provided free screening The event was held at Dr Kamakshi Memorial Hospitals Auditorium at Pallikaranai in the august presence of Chief Guest Honourable Member of Legislative Assembly Sholinganallur Thiru Aravind Ramesh and District Governor Rtn J Sridhar Dr Prem Sekar R Consultant Paediatric Cardiology spoke on this occasion about Paediatric Cardiac care Birth defects of the heart is the most common amongst the congenital defects and contributes significantly to infant mortality rate With 28 million live births annually in India an estimated 180000 babies are born with congenital heart disease every year Early identification and diagnosis enables appropriate treatment and allows these children to lead a normal and healthy childhood Majority of these defects are simple holes in the heart ASD VSD PDA and are now closed using special devices through the vascular route thus avoiding the need for open-heart surgery general anaesthesiaor blood transfusions As these procedures minimisehospitalisation the total cost is reduced to one third of an open-heart surgery while offering a total and scar free cure Most of these children come from economically poor backgrounds making it harder for them to access quality treatment Dr Kamakshi Memorial Hospitals believes in providing medical care to everyone irrespective of their financial background With the support of Tamil Nadu Chief Ministers Health Scheme quality treatment is provided absolutely at free of cost In the last three years numerous children have benefitted from catheter-based non-surgical cure for their heart ailments through this programme We hope many more children will similarly get benefitted through Healing Little Hearts project with the valuable support extended by Rotary Club of Madras Temple City Dr Prem Sekar R MBBS MRCPI FRCP Glasg an expert in Pediatric Cardiology with over 34 years of experience will spearhead the Project Healing Little Hearts this year World Heart Day is observed on 29th September each year to spread awareness on heart diseases and the need to make healthy lifestyle choices In the case of congenital heart defects the sooner the child receives treatment the better hisher chances of survival The Cardiology Care Cardiothoracic Surgery Units at Dr Kamakshi Memorial Hospital is fully equipped for emergency and routine procedures To know more about Dr Kamakshi Memorial Hospitals please visit wwwdrkmhcom or call 044 - 66 300 300 Image At World Heart Day Programme in Dr Kamakshi Memorial Hospitals Pallikaranai Chennai PWR PWR

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): Dr. Kamakshi Memorial Hospitals has provided free cardiac care and performed cardiac interventional procedures for more than 350 children from all over Tamil Nadu.