Sensational- Apollo Childrens Hospitals in Chennai performs 6000 paediatric surgeries!!
Just 3 hours old newborn and just 650 grams weighing newborn have been operated successfully can be both shocking and surprising news for us but not for the doctors of this famous Chennai hospital.
There is one hospital in Chennai that has successfully completed 600 paediatric surgeries and 10000 interventional procedures since 2009. It is none other than Apollo Children`s Hospital.
It is worthy to note that the department of cardiac sciences of this hospital has been treating congenital and acquired heart diseases and this includes complex surgeries in the newborns and infants.
Wide range of life saving surgeries like arterial switch operations, TAPVC corrections, valve repairs, aortic arch reconstructions etc have been carried out at this hospital by Dr. Neville Solomon who is senior consultant paediatric surgeon and Dr. C.S. Muthukumaran who is a senior consultant interventional cardiologist and team.
It is sensational to mention here that the youngest baby was just 3 hours old and the smallest baby weighed just 650grams and these babies were operated successfully by the team of doctors.
Dr. Illankumaran Kaliamoorthy, CEO of Apollo Hospitals - Chennai region spoke about how the milestone showed the Apollo Hospitals commitment to excellence and innovative care in paediatric care.
