BM Birla Heart Research Centre has been treating a wide range of cardiac ailments in both adults and children. They have provided quality care and successfully carried out thousands of pediatric cardiac surgeries. BM Birla Heart Research Centre brought a few pediatric patients who underwent critical heart surgeries and have been fully resuscitated. They talked about their experiences at the press conference.

Dr. Manoj Kumar Daga (Cardiac Surgeon), Dr. Subhendu Mandal (Pediatric Surgeon), Dr. Ratan Kumar Das (Cardiac Surgeon), Dr. Anil Mishra, Dr. Anjan Siotia, Dr. Sabyasachi Pal, Dr. Ashok B Malpani, Dr. Shuvo Dutta, Dr. Tarun Praharaj graced the press conference.

Some of the patients present at the conference were Lalit Behara, B/o Salma Begum, Alisha Khation, Satik Mondal, Bishal Mondal, and Ayan Banerjee.

Congenital heart defects refer to a group of disorders that affect the normal working of the heart, since birth time. Some of the congenital heart conditions include- holes in heart chambers, defects in major blood vessels, and valve issues. Symptoms like fast heartbeat, rapid breathing, easy fatigue, breathlessness, reduced or complete inability to play, swelling around eyes, legs, belly, indicate congenital heart disease.

Tests such as Echocardiogram, Electrocardiogram, MRI, Chest X-Ray, CT scan, etc reveal congenital heart defects.

The doctors urged the people to go for preventive cardiac check-ups regularly and undergo timely treatment.

Priyanka Dutta