Children's Heart- LIFE-SAVING CARDIAC SURGERY

Our aim is To save children with serious heart defects, born in developingCountries and  to enablelocal hospitals to be autonomous, through capacity building and training by volunteer doctors who work alongside local doctors

Our results since 2005:

2,268children surgicallytreated and saved

20,1314children seen and diagnosed (3,854 children screened in 2019)

497 local professionalsinvolved in training

In 14 years 3,2 millioneurosinvested

An history form Uganda - beacuse our little patients have a name, a story and a life to live:

K. R. 2yr 9mo/Male

Diagnosis: Complete Atrio-Ventricular canal defect with balanced ventricles (Rastelli type B), Bilateral SVC

Total Correction: 27^th Nov 2019

District: Wakiso

Father:  P..

Mother:  Brenda.

Brother: R.

R. was diagnosed with a congenital heart disease in his first months of life. He wasn’t growing and was failing to thrive due to the heart disease.

He was suffering from severe respiratory infections all the time and constantly failing to breathe well. His feeding habits were very poor. He always needed to be on treatment for lung infections and was in and out of hospitals.

Ever since he was operated, his life has changed and he has improved greatly. He is having a good appetite and he eats very well. He has started to grow and put on weight. His recovery after the heart surgery has been good.

R. continues to attend the outpatient clinic at the Uganda Heart Institute for follow up after surgery.

-K. W. 3yr/Male

 Diagnosis: S/P Tetralogy of Fallot

       with Severe Residual Stenosis

 Re-do TOF Repair: 26^th Nov 2019

District: Kampala, Central Region

Father: K. F..

Mother: N I..

W. was diagnosed with a congenital heart disease at 7 months. From that time he started to get sicker and could not walk, he could only sit with support. His growth wasn’t like any other child.  He failed to speak. Wesley suffered a severe TET Spell and went blind due to a stroke before the operation.

 After his surgery, his life has greatly improved. He is getting his life back slowly by slowly, he started to speak like he can mention what he likes, and he can even sit without much support nowadays unlike before his operation. He is able to play and can sometimes eat by himself. “We hope maybe one day he will be able to stand and to see” say Wesley’s father.

 W. continues to attend physiotherapy sessions for rehabilitation and speech therapy. He continues to come for reviews as an outpatient at the Uganda Heart Institute outpatient clinic. He is also attending a nutrition program.