Girl born with heart outside body in Madhya Pradesh
A girl, born in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh
with a rare medical condition with her heart abnormally located outside the
chest, has been shifted to AIIMS in New Delhi for treatment, an official said
on Sunday. The baby girl was born with a rare congenital medical condition
called Ectopia Cordis in which the heart is abnormally located either partially
or totally outside of the thorax. This rare medical condition occurs in
eight children per 10 lakh births.Dr Lakhan Tiwari, Pediatrician at Chhatarpur
district hospital, told IANS that the girl was born on April 5 at Khajuraho
Health Centre in the district. She was brought to the district hospital from
where she was referred to the AIIMS. Dr R.S. Tripathi, Civil Surgeon,
Chhatarpur district, said: “The heart is covered by bones and skin in the human
body but in this case though her heart was formed completely during embryonic
development, the body wall could not mature properly.” He said: “Keeping
in mind the infant’s serious condition, the infant was sent to the All India
Institute of Meidcal Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi along with a doctor.”
Another rare case that had happened in the year 2012
where doctors at Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital operated upon a 46-day-old baby
to recreate half of her heart. The first-of-its-kind surgery in India gave her
a normal life that she would have otherwise missed, medical officials said. The
baby, who hails from Rohtak in Haryana, was brought to Ganga Ram when she was
just 40 days old. A look at six-month-old baby does not indicate any
abnormality with her, but the baby has had an open heart surgery to rectify her
underdeveloped heart.
13.04.2017
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