Kokilaben Hospital Reaches a Milestone With 5,000 Successful Pediatric Cardiac Surgeries

An event “ Our Heart Heroes” was celebrated by the Children's Heart Center at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital to mark 5,000 successful pediatric cardiac surgeries.

Chairman Tina Ambani felicitated donors for their support, which has enabled the hospital to subsidize pediatric cardiac care, and even offer it free when required.

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Children's Heart Center is the only integrated facility for treating congenital heart disease in Mumbai and Western India. The center is equipped with world-class infrastructure and a dedicated 126-member team, led by Dr Suresh Rao (Director, Children's Heart Center), with NICU and PICU specialties, guarantee outcomes comparable with international benchmarks.

Center at Kokilaben Hospital, over the last six years, has not only catered to children from Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra, but also in increasing numbers nationally, from Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh, and internationally from Iraq, Yemen, Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania and Hong Kong, said sources.

Source-Medindia

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