Modi appreciates AIIMS doctors after rare surgery of a fetus
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lauded the efforts of the team of doctors at AIIMS Delhi who performed a successful rare procedure on a grape-size heart of a fetus in 90 seconds.
The Prime Minister said that the country is proud of its doctors’ dexterity and innovation.
“Proud of India’s doctors for their dexterity and innovation,” PM Modi tweeted quoting Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya’s tweet.
Mr Mandaviya, in his tweet, shared an ANI story which reported on the successful rare procedure on Tuesday.
“I congratulate the team of doctors of @AIIMS_NewDelhi for performing successful rare procedure on grape size heart of a fetus in 90 seconds. My prayers for the well-being of the baby and the mother,” the Health Minister tweeted sharing the ANI story.
As reported earlier, AIIMS Delhi performed successful balloon dilation in a grape-size baby’s heart in the mother’s womb.
A 28-year-old pregnant patient was admitted to the hospital with three previous pregnancy losses. The parents wished to continue the current pregnancy after the doctors communicated about the child’s heart condition and consented to the procedure with a wish to improve the outcome.
The procedure was done at the Cardiothoracic Sciences Centre, AIIMS. The team of interventional cardiologists and fetal medicine
specialists performed a successful procedure.