Hyderabad doctors perform heart procedure to Myanmar PM’s grandchild

Hyderabad: Two senior paediatric cardiologists from Hyderabad, Dr Nageswara Rao Koneti and Dr Shweta Bakhru, both from Rainbow Children’s Heart Institute (RCHI), were specially invited to perform a heart procedure on the grandchild of the Prime Minister of Myanmar. Dr Nageswara Rao and Dr Shweta travelled to Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar, last week, […]

Hyderabad: Two senior paediatric cardiologists from Hyderabad, Dr Nageswara Rao Koneti and Dr Shweta Bakhru, both from Rainbow Children’s Heart Institute (RCHI), were specially invited to perform a heart procedure on the grandchild of the Prime Minister of Myanmar.

Dr Nageswara Rao and Dr Shweta travelled to Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar, last week, to perform the procedure. The 9-month-old infant was suffering from heart failure due to congenital heart disease and RCHI cardiologists performed ‘transcatheter device closure procedure to close the defect. The baby was discharged on the next day and started doing well after the procedure.

As part of the collaborative pediatric cardiology training program between India and Myanmar, which was established by former President of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam with the help of city-based Care Foundation, earlier Dr Nageswara Rao had imparted training to over 10 doctors in paediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery, in .

As part of these efforts, Dr Nageswara Rao has travelled to Myanmar several times for training doctors and also treat children. Due to his excellence and experience, the Prime Minister of Myanmar and his son invited Dr Rao and his team to perform the procedure, RCHI in a press release said.

The Prime Minister’s son had proposed a collaboration with RCHI for the treatment of numerous poor children in Myanmar in the upcoming years. The team had performed the same procedure on 15 more children who were suffering from congenital heart disease, during the same trip.

The team of doctors have also visited the naval base and museum of Myanmar where they were felicitated by the Commander-In-Chief, Navy of Myanmar, for their work. “One of the best naval bases in the Asia-Pacific region, all the crew and officers are very cordial and provided valuable information,” Dr Nageswara Rao Koneti said.

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