The John F. Kennedy Medical Center (JFK) in collaboration with Eid Foundation have sponsored Kim Fahnbulleh, a two-year old child diagnosed by the hospital of congenital heart defect, to undergo surgery at the Lisie Heart Institute Hospital in India. A congenital heart defect, according to research, is a problem with the structure of the heart that is mostly present at birth. Congenital heart defect is the most common type of birth defect that involves the walls of the heart, valves and the arteries or the veins near the heart. “We are happy to accept Kim Fahnbulleh for cardiac (heart) surgery at Lisie Hospital Cochin, Kerala. Dr. Camanor said the child was born with the heart defect, and was diagnosed on January 15, 2018 at JFK when he was one year old.

Source: Daily Observer April 22, 2019 02:26 UTC