A fund-raising dinner for children in Andhra Pradesh suffering from congenital heart problems will be held in Los Angeles June 18.
Gopichand Mannam, chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Care Hospital here, is hoping to raise $250,000 through the dinner to be attended by 200 Indian Americans, a majority of them from Andhra Pradesh.
"The money we hope to raise will only be sufficient for 150-200 surgeries. Care Hospital alone has 600 children waiting for surgery," Gopichand told IANS.
Doctors at Care conducted 456 surgeries last year.
The campaign to help children with congenital heart problems was started last year by Care Hospital and TV9, a Telugu news channel, after TV9 highlighted how diseased children were dying for want of medical care.
"This triggered enormous public sympathy. So far Rs.23.3 million has been raised through the campaign," Gopichand said.
"Each year 200,000 children are born in India with congenital heart problems. Only 6-8 percent of them receive any medical care."
The average cost of a surgery is between Rs.75,000 and Rs. 100,000. Doctors at Care are not charging any fee for their services, bringing down the cost by Rs.40,000, he added.
Lack of proper nutrition during pregnancy, infections during pregnancy, late pregnancies, diabetes and genetic problems are some of the causes for children having congenital heart problems.
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