After two days, when the baby turned blue, the hospital advised them to seek treatment in a better- equipped facility in Puducherry or Chennai. Syed Yusuf, his father, recalled that it was raining heavily and JIPMER in Puducherry did not have a bed for the baby. The hospital administered first-level treatment and helped shift Arshad with ventilator support to the Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital in Chennai. Breaking new groundIt was the first major complex cardiac surgery the hospital had undertaken, said S. Balasubramanian, medical director, KKCTH. Hospital CEO S. Chandramohan said funds had been allocated to treat cardiac complications in children from poor families.

Source: The Hindu December 27, 2017 19:18 UTC