Seeking medical help for Mr. Adem Ahmed’s critical heart condition, the father-daughter duo traveled from Somalia to India. With a history of paralysis and problem of old age, open heart surgery for 69 years old Ahmed was not possible. Through a successful non-surgical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) done by Dr. Bharat Vijay Purohit, Ahmed is now fit to walk and even climb stairs. Ahmed’s daughter is thankful to the CARE team for all the support throughout. We wish them both good luck and health.

Dr.Tapan K. Dash, Clinical Director and Head of Department – Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, and a team of surgeons performed a complex Open-Heart surgery on a 16-day old baby in 4 hours on a 16-day new-born that took 30 straight hours in an ambulance to reach Hyderabad amidst lockdown
“The baby was born with a disease called transposition of great arteries with interruption of the aorta and single coronary artery [instead of two] supplying to the heart. In this condition, the blue blood coming to the heart was going back to the body because of reversal of heart structures and there was no connection of heart to the whole body” explains Dr. Prashant Patil, Senior Consultant Interventional Pediatric Cardiologist, CARE Hospitals.
“The surgery was a complicated one and we not only had to connect the heart to original structures but also the whole body.
The one origin of the artery supplying to heart added to the complexity of the procedure.” Said, Dr. Tapan
The whole surgery was done free of cost and the newborn is healthy and fully recovered.

Dr. Tapan Kumar Dash, Clinical Director and Head of Department – Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, shares his overall experience in performing complex heart surgery on a 7-year-old child, Mohd. Rehan.
Mohd. Rehan was in a very critical state when he was admitted. Upon diagnosis of the issue, it was observed that the child was suffering from Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia, an extreme form of tetralogy characterized by absence of flow from the right ventricle to the pulmonary arteries.
The surgery was successful and master Mohd. Rehan’s was able to resume to his daily activities without any further complications.

Dr Tapan Kumar Dash, Clinical Director and Head of Department – Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, shares his overall experience in performing complex heart surgery on a 1-year-old child, K. Vishwa.
Master K. Vishwa was in a very critical state with a feeble heartbeat and a swollen heart when he was admitted. Upon diagnosis of the issue, Dr. Tapan Das has performed Cardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return(TAPVC) Repair surgery. The surgery was successful and the child’s health condition is perfectly stable.

Heart diseases can be serious but with the right techniques & treatments, they can be tackled.
Dr. Gulla Surya Prakash (Consultant Senior Cardiologist, CARE Hospitals-Musheerabad) shares his experience with a patient who was treated via Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). It’s a minimally invasive procedure to replace an aortic valve & a preferred alternative to surgical procedures in heart complications.