Do You Know ?

• 85% of population in India (1.21 billion) cannot afford expensive cardiac surgery.
• CVD (Cardio Vascular Diseases) was the leading cause of death(2.03 million/1.2 billion, 36% of deaths in                 Tamilnadu).
• Around 2, 50,000 babies / year are born with heart diseases
• Nearly one third to one half of these are critical requiring surgery in the first year of life itself.
• With advances today, 75% of infants can survive and lead a normal life.15% became near normal life. 10% have            a longer life with better quality.
• Bread winners of families die suddenly leaving the entire family to fend for themselves.
• Young promising men and women die leaving their ageing parents helpless and hopeless
• Target population for Hearts for Hearts (H4H) is the less affluent from infants to adults with serious cardiac disease.
• 312 surgeries have so far been performed in Public Health Centre (PHC), KJ Hospital Research Centre &                  Bharathiraja Specality Hospital.
• Impact of surgery on the individual, family & society is been studied.