The majority of our population still lives in slum having meager or no income and when it comes to health, they hardly possess anything to have even afford primary checkups as they don’t have access to any medical facility nor government has been able to extend its support to many such people and if we talk about private clinics, they are difficult to afford.
Each year about 150,000 babies are born with congenital birth defects ranging from mild to life threatening & the leading cause of death in the first five years of life which is often the result poor environmental factors, poor diet & medication during pregnancy and delivery at home. Lack of financial resources & limited access to government dispensaries affects the pregnant women & infants during pregnancy period & at the delivery held at home with un-hygienic medical tools & untrained midwifery.
This is the time when a role of Non Government organization comes into place; we come forward with the best of tools and methods through which we can serve healthy-heart these people in urgent needs. Most of the families belonging to poor segment of society suffer from many chronic diseases where heart diseases among children are one of the widely prevalent.
The parents of such children are usually aware from a long about their children’s condition but when it comes to provide them with the treatment, they are incapable to afford the surgery cost. This leads to worsening the life of children and making their parents depressed about the fact that they couldn’t support their children’s life. In this direction, PSF has taken the pledge to support Heart surgeries of children, suffering from common congenital heart defects and also providing supportive care after surgery in order to ensure the complete survival of the children.
In August-2011 PSF starts its first initiative to Support Heart Surgeries to save the children, sufferingfrom common congenital heart defect & with support of our donors we are continually perusing towards our goal. Till Dec-2018, PSF supported about 245 heart surgeries at Government Hospitals and about 15 surgeries get done at Fortis Hospital due to critical and emergency basis.
