Free heart disease detection camp organized by Rotary Foundation

Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Apr 15: A free congenital heart disease detection camp was organized by Udhampur Rotary Eye & General Welfare Foundation and Rotary Club Udhampur in association with Gift of Life Trust, Delhi, Rotary Club of Delhi Midwest & Partner Rotary Club Taipei Swanshie, National Heart Institute (Delhi) and Safdarjung Hospital (Delhi).
The camp was inaugurated by HMP Singh, Chairman Rotary ‘Gift of Life Trust (Delhi)’ in presence of DN Sharma, Chairman ‘The Udhampur Rotary Eye & General Welfare Foundation’ and Puran Lal Sharma (president, Rotary Club Udhampur) with other Club members. The main objective of the camp was to screen the patients under the age of 20 years belonging to the weaker section of society.
In the camp, 107 patients were examined in which 42 patients were selected for free surgeries by Dr OP Yadav, Head Cardiology, National Heart Institute (Delhi) and Dr Preeti Gupta, Head Cardiology Safdarjung Hospital (Delhi). These patients were examined after going through their latest Echocardiography reports, ECG etc. Many patients, who were not in position to undergo echocardiography due to financial condition, were sent to various local centers for the test.
It is pertinent to mention that Dr Preeti Gupta herself went to District Hospital Udhampur to conduct Echocardiography and District Hospital extended their kind cooperation by providing their setup. All the patients screened in the camp for surgery will undergo free of cost surgeries at National Heart Institute (Delhi) and Safdarjung Hospital (Delhi) through Gift of Life Trust.
The team of doctors from National Heart Institute New Delhi comprising Dr OP Yadava, Safdarjung Hospital (Delhi), Krishan Dutt, Dr Preeti Gupta was assisted throughout the co-ordination of a team from Rotary Club of Delhi Midwest HMP Singh, PC Gulati, Prateek Jain, Pankaj Aggarwal, Resham Chawla.
The Rotary Club members of Udhampur — SS Kerni, Kamal Gupta, PL Suri, Puran Lal Sharma, Satish Gandotra, Rajeev Gupta, Adeep Mehta, Rotary Club of Jammu Bahu, Rotary Club of Katra, Raj Kumar and Manish Verma also participated in the camp.

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