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July 26, 2016

Arvin Rampersaud

Here is a great example of how your support truly saves lives!

During our last trip to Guyana, we met 7-month old Arvin Rampersaud and his favorite brown toy horse. He was born in the town of Albion, where his parents are both gardeners. He was transferred to Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after his parents rushed him to a local hospital when he was having difficulty breathing. An echocardiogram showed that Arvin suffered from a severe form of Tetralogy of Fallot, which ultimately meant he did not have enough oxygenated blood circulating through his body

During a diagnostic catheterization study, Arvin’s oxygen levels became dangerously low, and he had to be rushed to the operating room for an emergency surgery. Team BabyHeart was in the right place at the right time thanks to your support, and they were able to place a shunt between the vessels of his heart that helped to increase the blood flow to the lungs, and saved his life!  Had the BabyHeart teaArvin Rampersaudm not been at GPHC training the local team, Arvin surely would have died. This shows the importance of the goal of helping the local team increase the capacity to treat local children born with cardiac defects

Arvin is continuing to improve with his trusty toy horse by his side, and his oxygen levels are good, but he will still need one or two more surgeries to completely fix his heart when he gets a little older. None of this would be possible without your generosity. Your support makes miracles happen!

Filed Under: News, Patient Stories Tagged With: Babyheart, Guyana

March 6, 2014

Joshua’s Day

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After an international trip and two separate Babyheart missions it was finally Joshua’s day in surgery! He’d waited his whole life for his turn and now he finally had his CHD repaired by the Babyheart and Santiago team.
During his surgery his mother shared the saddest story about how Joshua came home really sick one day and told her he knew he was going to die. He told her that it was OK because when she got old, his brother could take care of her. She told the Babyheart team she didn’t react then but went into her bedroom and broke down. Can you imagine your child telling you that because they knew it was true? True no longer, Josh had his heart surgery and he is on his way back home with a healed heart!
To the people and organizations that have donated so much for this mission to happen, thank you. The world is a much better place with children like Joshua in it and all the other kids saved by the Babyheart teams with your generous help.

 

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Babyheart, CHD, Congenital Heart Defects, heart defects, News, pediatric

February 10, 2014

Platts+Nisbett Gives the Gift of Hope

Platts+Nisbett support for Babyheart gives Russian children with heart defects the gift of new hope.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Babyheart, Congenital Heart Defects, international children's heart foundation

March 12, 2013

Perfusionist Blogger Frank Aprile of Circuitsurfers.com Interviews Dr. Novick

We Need Perfusionists ! An Interview With World Famous Pediatric Heart Surgeon- Dr. Novick

“I told them that if we did not employ a form of ECMO in the next few minutes the child would die.”

Click below for full article…

Circuit Surfers Blog 

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: Babyheart, international children's heart foundation, pediatric

February 20, 2013

Platts & Nisbett, a Proud ICHF Supporter

Tuesday, 19th February 2013

Platts & Nisbett is proud to support the International Children’s Heart Foundation (ICHF), by providing surgical instruments for their mission trips around the world. [read more] 

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Babyheart, ICHF, pediatric

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Mission Statement

The mission of the International Children’s Heart Foundation (ICHF) is to bring the skills, technology and knowledge to cure and care for children with congenital heart disease in developing nations.  ICHF does this regardless of country of origin, race, religion or gender. Our goal is to make the need for ICHF obsolete. We work toward this goal through our medical mission trips, where we operate on children and educate local healthcare professionals.

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