MOTHER AND BABY FAIR
their heart missions at
Kenyatta National Hospital
since 2002. 2017 was the
first year that the paediatric
cardiac surgical mission for
repair of congenital heart
defects took place at M.P Shah
Hospital.
Congenital Heart Disease
(CHD) remains the world’s
most common birth defect,
affecting approximately 1
in 100 children. Children
with CHD in Africa have
a dramatically different
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prognosis to those living in
developed nations, in terms
of morbidity and mortality.
Hence, this partnership
between MEAK/Evelina
London Children’s Hospital,
Jain Social Group and M.P
Shah Hospital has the goal
of treating children who
cannot afford surgical repair.
In January 2017, the teams
performed open-heart
surgeries on 15 children.
(Details of daily dairy: http://
www.meak.org/documents/
Heartmissiondiary_2017.pdf.
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The patient list with telephone
numbers was provided in my
previous email).
This year, a similar mission was
organized from January 25 th
to February 2 nd 2018 at the
M.P Shah Hospital’s cardiac
center. The international team
was made up of 9 specialist
doctors and 7 nurses. A
total of 178 children were
screened and 21 open heart
surgeries were carried out on
children with congenital heart
problems.
Motherhood is one of the
most honored and cherished
state in a woman’s life. It
carries with it so many
responsibilities but is one in
which joy, love ,emotion and
duty all come together.
The birth of a baby is not
only a tumultous event for
the family, but heralds the
beginning of a new generation
and harbours the dreams
and hopes not only of the
individual but the whole
community and indeed the
whole country.
To mark this two cardinal
events in any family’s life the
M.P Shah Hospital organised
a mother and baby fair on
9 th December 2017, where
Mothers, Expectant mothers,
Daddies and children can
interact and share ideas
and experiences with each
other and gynaecologists,
nutritionist and pediatricians.
M. P. Shah Hospital hosts the
Mother & baby Fair annually
with the aim of enlightening
mothers and expectant
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