Congenital Heart Disease – Ebstein’s Anomaly – Surgery sponsored by Dr.Mani Children Heart Foundation – December 2005
11 year old Thirumurugan has a heart birth defect that is a medical curiosity. Ebstein’s anomaly is a complex collection of defects involving the right sided chambers of the heart and one of the heart valves.
One of many ‘blue babies’, Thirumurugan’s lungs could not get enough oxygen out to his body.
His father, a rickshaw puller from a small town in south India earns around Rs.1,500 per month – barely enough to support his small family.
Heart surgery, however, was out of his budget.
After an operation, funded by the Dr.Mani Children Heart Foundation, he is now a healthy, active youngster, looking forward with eager anticipation to a normal life in adulthood.
