Recognising the need to save children with afflicted hearts from an
untimely death, Dr
Devi Prasad Shetty, a renowned heart surgeon and his team founded
the Kiddies Heart Foundation .
This is a registered charitable trust with the sole objective of raising
funds to help conduct surgeries on children with heart ailments. Its
main purpose is to create an awareness about paediatric heart
problems. 
Indians are more susceptible to heart diseases than Europeans. India
produces the largest number of children with heart diseases, approximately
600 children a day. Out of the two-lakh babies per year, approximately
only 2,500 will have the opportunity to have the necessary life saving
heart surgery and the rest will perish with out any hope.
- One of the foundation's aims is to provide quality heart care
to the underprivileged children by offering concessional packages,
accurate diagnosis minus the doctor's fees for children below
the age of 12 years. Some of the projects undertaken to achieve
the above objective include organising heart camps in rural areas
and offering treatment to patients along with the recommendation
of the necessary treatment.
 The
poster of the Kiddies Heart Foundation has the picture of a lady
looking dotingly at a tiny baby laden with oxygen tubes and the
caption saying 'It takes two people to cure this 2-day baby's
heart. We have the doctor. We need YOUR help.' A succinct
but fitting entreat!All donations to the foundation are exempt from
tax under Section 80 G, and you can be confident that 100 per cent
of your donation will go towards a needy child's heart surgery.
Those who want to share the compassionate mission or obtain help
can contact the foundation's Honorary Director, Mrs. Maureen
Berlin at:
Address: Kiddies Heart Foundation, 401, Seebo Apartments,
26/2,
Aga Abbas Ali Road, Bangalore 560 042. Mobile Phone: 98440
05335
An Interview
with Dr Devi Prasad Shetty
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