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Chennai, 5 July 2021 :  The Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery of Apollo Children's Hospital, Chennai today announced the partnership with Rotary Club of Madras East to reach out to poor children requiring lifesaving heart surgery. From L to R : Rtn. P Madhavan, Chairman, Rotary  Club of Madras East , Rtn. Srinivasa Rao, President, Rotary Club of Madras East,   Rtn.J. Sridhar , District Governor R.I District 3232, (Centre Patient family ) Ms.Preetha Reddy, Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group ,   Dr Neville Solomon, Senior Consultant, Cardiac Surgeon, Apollo Hospitals and Dr CS. Muthukumaran, Paediatric Cardiologist, Apollo Children's Hospitals, Chennai Of every 1000 babies born, 8 are born with congenital heart disease. In India, on an average, 2.5 lakh children are born annually with heart disease. About half will perish before the first birthday if they do not have access to...

The Laparoscopic surgery was carried out on Hepatobiliary system of the patient to remove the Choledochal Cyst Chennai, 5th July 2021: Team of doctors from GEM Hospital and Research Centre , Chennai has successfully removed a choledochal cyst on the Hepatobiliary system of a 6 year old boy from West Bengal who had suffered from frequent abdominal pain for the last few months. Video👇👇 When the whole world is fighting the pandemic, this little boy had his own struggles against a life threatening cyst which may later lead to jaundice, pancreatitis or cancer if left untreated. He was admitted in GEM Hospital on 25th June 21 and discharged on 30th June 21 after a successful surgery. Initially, the boy's parents were worried to go for an open surgery and approached GEM Hospital Chennai to carry out the surgery with Laparoscopic technology. Minimally invasive Laparoscopic surgery on the hepatobiliary system is a challenging procedure which needs high degree of technical skill as th...