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NIMS to offer free heart surgeries for children from August 13
Hyderabad's Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) will start free heart surgeries for children from August 13. The procedures will be performed by the hospital's CT surgery department, led by Prof Amareshwar,…
The Story in Brief
Hyderabad's Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) will start free heart surgeries for children from August 13. The procedures will be performed by the hospital's CT surgery department, led by Prof Amareshwar, with help from London-based paediatric cardiac surgeon Dr Ramana Tannashuneni and a team of technical experts. The hospital has been running this programme for the past five years, NIMS director Prof Rahul Devraj said.
Eligible children will be assessed through a walk-in process at NIMS's old block in Punjagutta from Monday to Saturday, 8 am to 2 pm, without any prior appointment. Priority will be based on medical necessity. Parents must bring previous medical tests and reports. For enquiries, call 040-2348-9025.
The Indian Opinion
This initiative is welcome, but the routine framing of such programmes as generous charity misses a larger point: a public hospital doing its duty. NIMS director says free heart surgeries have been held yearly for five years, yet no source names the number of children operated on or the programme's cost. Taxpayers fund these institutions; they deserve to know the scale and success rate. The real test is not the announcement but how many children actually get surgery by year-end.
Sources (2): telanganatoday.com, siasat.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
