November 15, 2021: Smiling Heart Foundation is a charity organization based in United Kingdom was officially inaugurated in Bangalore in the presence of Dr. Vivek Jawali, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon, Fortis BG Road, Dr.C S Hiremath Head of Department Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sri Sathya Sai Institute & Dr Nagarajan Muthialu, Director Smiling Heart Foundation / Child Heart Surgery Ltd UK. Dreams Events & Services organised the event.
Speaking on the launch Nagarajan Muthialu, Director Smiling Heart Foundation / Child Heart Surgery Ltd United Kingdom said, “We are very happy to launch Smiling Heart Foundation on the Children’s Day. The primary and only aim of this organization is to help fund surgical procedures for children with congenital heart defects in developing countries, mainly India. Congenital heart disease is a common ailment effecting more than 1% of children in developing children. There is a huge disproportion between prevalence of CHO and availability of medical/surgical service in India as of now, especially considering the cost of such open-heart surgery is highly prohibitive in these families. Governmental support is available but not fully enough for many of these procedures, and doesn’t always reach the grass root of the society”.
With a high disproportion between surgical numbers to prevalence, there appears a growing number of children with congenital heart defects who remain symptomatic, and suffer later with failure to education or ability to lead normal life. The team, formed by the organization, and comprises of a team of surgeons, intensive care specialists, cardiologists, anesthetists, and nurses, would travel from UK to India or other developing countries to an established centre, where such procedures are performed. Preliminary assessment earlier to this would identify these children with correctable congenital heart defects, thereby allowing for these procedures to help the family to get the child back to normal life again, and support their growth with standard education and development further ahead in life.
Mission
To fund and support surgical / medical support for children with congenital heart defects in India This is achieved by sending a specialist team to India in specified time frame for providing such support. Additionally, the cost of implantable devices and such medical products are provided as can be needed and where clinically appropriate for any child with congenital heart defects. This is wholly achieved by funding – external fundraising from society especially those philanthropists who can offer support and fund these services.
Value
Excellent service in offering medical / surgical service to Children with Congential Heart Disease ( CHD ) & high standards and support to the existing medial and surgical system for continued management of children with Congential Heart Disease ( CHD )
