18 children receive life changing heart surgery

By Naveel Krishant

Monday 06/05/2019

[Photo: Sai Prema Foundation Fiji/Facebook] International team of Surgeons, Doctors and Medical Professionals representing the Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital India

18 children have undergone heart surgeries at the CWM Hospital organized by the Sai Prema Foundation and performed by specialists from Fiji, India, Australia, USA and Oman.

Medical Director for Sai Prema Foundation Fiji Dr. Krupali Tappoo says that these children were identified with various heart complications after 76 children went through heart screenings in the Children’s Heart Screening Centre at the Sri Sathya Sanjeevani Medical Centre in Nasese.

Dr. Tappoo says that since 2016, the Sai Prema Foundation has managed to assist more than 70 children through these free‑heart surgeries project for the poor and needy children of Fiji.

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