Mangalore: Free Cardiac Check-up Camp for Children Begins at AJ Hospital
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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore
Mangalore, Oct 1: Free check-up camp for children with cardiac problems was inaugurated at the conference hall of AJ Hospital & Research Centre here on Monday October 3.
The welcome address was delivered by Dr Prashanth Marla, medical director, A J Hospital. P Jayarama Bhat, managing director and chief executive officer, Karnataka Bank and Dr Ramesh Pai, dean, A J Institute of Medical Sciences conveyed the inaugural address. A J Shetty, chairman and managing director, A J Group of Institutions presided.
There was an AV presentation on ‘Pediatric Interventional Cardiology’ by Dr Prem Alva, consultant, Pediatric Interventional Cardiology, A J Hospital. The Vote of thanks was proposed by Dr Santhosh Soans, head of the department, Pediatrics, A J Institute of Medical Sciences.
As a part of centenary celebrations, AJ Hospital and Research Centre planned to conduct a free check-up camp for children with cardiac problems at its Out-Patient Department from October 3 to October 15 with a view to cater to a large number of children suffering from cardiac ailments and to create awareness among the parents about the cardiac diseases.
The camp participants will be offered free consultation and Echo. If the child requires further treatment, the same will be done at a concessional rate. Features of the camp are free.
Children known to have heart disease, recurrent respiratory infections, becoming blue on crying, have difficulty in breathing while playing with the following problems can avail the camp benefits.
A good number of infants / children with cardiac ailments from the Karnataka coastal region were getting referred to cardiac care centres in Bangalore or Chennai. There was no Interventional Pediatric Cardiologist available in the Karnataka coastal region and in many instances the parents either used to delay or forego the treatment because of the distance. With the addition of Interventional Pediatric Cardiology, the first of its kind in Coastal Karnataka, AJ Hospital & Research Centre is all set to treat children with cardiac diseases.
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