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The Sagicor Foundation has donated $1 million to Chain of Hope Jamaica, the fundraising arm of the Bustamante Hospital for Children’s Cardiac Centre. The donation was done to support the funding of a mission of US-based doctors to the island to.
Between 200-300 children in Jamaica are born with heart conditions annually, many of whom require surgery, according to Professor Jeff Jacobs of the Cardiac Kids Foundation of Florida. Jacobs, along with members of his team, is currently in the.
The recently completed joint mission by Chain of Hope UK and Chain of Hope Jamaica to facilitate six cardiac operations at the Bustamante Hospital for Children is being hailed a success. This, despite the fact that four children slated for.
At a cost of US$5,000 per replacement heart valve, an average of US$6,000 for consumables and with the price of disposables, the tubing in the cardiopulmonary bypass machine which takes over the functions of the heart and lungs during open heart.