One percent of the children have congenital heart disease, said Dr Urmila Shakya, senior pediatric cardiologist at the Sahid Gangalal National Heart Centre here.
A proclamation from Lima Mayor Sharetta Smith was read recognizing Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week. The medical community has identified congenital heart disease as the leading cause of birth defect-related
We met six-year-old Wanga and her dad, Takalani, in February this year. She desperately needed surgery to mend a hole in her heart. Wanga is one of the estimated 11,000 children born with a heart defect in South Africa every year. She was diagnosed with a PDA - or a hole in the heart - a birth defect that can be mended through early detection and surgery.
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A congenital heart defect results when the heart, or blood vessels near the heart, don’t develop normally before birth, the Canadian Congenital Heart Alliance…