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Performing 2D-Echocardiography

                                                                 Localising cardiac care

                                                                 for children


                                                                 When 2-year-old Korlapu Vasanth of Bastar,   to strengthen the Chirayu Chhattisgarh Initiative, by
                                                                 Chhattisgarh was diagnosed with Congenital Heart   setting up a care continuum model to strengthen
                                                                 Disease (CHD), his impoverished parents had little   capabilities for screening, early detection, linkage
                                                                 hope of saving his life. But after a surgery in March   and treatment of CHD in the state.
                                                                 2021 at the Sri Sathya Sai Sanjivani Hospital, Naya   Rising to the occasion, Tata Trusts partnered with
                                                                 Raipur, Vasanth’s parents now believe that the   State Government and Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani
                                                                 hospital is a temple that has given new life to their   Center for Child Heart Care (SSSSH) in September
                                                                 child.                                     2018 to set up better screening facilities for early
                                                                 This is one of the many success stories enabled by   detection, management and referral of children
                                                                 the Trusts’ Linkage to Care model under CHD   with CHD, along with fellowship programmes for
                                                                 Project in Chhattisgarh.                   healthcare personnel. The project follows a
                                                                                                            hub-and-spoke model, with Sri Sathya Sai
                                                                 In the early years, due to poor public health
                                                                 infrastructure and the lack of trained staff for   Sanjeevani Hospital (SSSSH) as the hub for tertiary
                                                                 Paediatric Cardiac Care (PCC), children with CHD   care and training activities. The spokes are 4 satellite
                                                                 would remain undiagnosed and this made their   centres being developed in District Hospitals (DHs)
                                                                 condition fatal.  The situation was dire. To address   at Jagdalpur, Ambikapur, Bilaspur and
                                                                 this, Chhattisgarh State Government (GoCG), in   Rajnandgaon. These satellite centres will serve for
                                                                 partnership with a non-profit Hospital      screening, early detection and referrals.
                                                                 Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Center for Child Heart Care   Of these, the first satellite centre was made
                                                                 in Naya Raipur, initiated the “Mukhyamantri Bal   operational in Jagdalpur District Hospital in
                                  3 GOOD HEALTH                  Hridaya Yojana” under “Chirayu Chhattisgarh” to   January 2021.
                                    AND WELL-BEING
                                                                 identify and treat children suffering from Congenital
                                  PROJECT ALIGNS                 Heart Diseases in 2018. At this time the State
                                  WITH SDG
                                                                 Government requested support from the Tata Trusts


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