But these surgeries have managed to take care of only about 50% of critical newborns with Congenital Heart Diseases (CHD). Ás per the State’s data on CHD deaths, about 90 or more critical newborns die every month due to lack of facility to handle newborns with CHDs. The government is also planning to build the capacity of the medical colleges to take up newborn surgeries and would soon begin training doctors and equipping the institutions with machinery required to conduct newborn surgeries. The government will provide ₹1 crore worth equipment in Kozhikode for newborn surgeries. The Kottayam Government Medical College is another institution where the State is planning to develop the inherent capacity to take up newborn surgeries.

Source: The Hindu December 02, 2017 17:37 UTC