Rotary International to sponsor 100 Ugandans for heart surgeries in India

By Our Reporter

24^th Feb 2022

Rotary International has offered fully sponsored heart surgeries in India to 100 children with heart defects in their campaign Dubbed the ‘100 Heart Repaired’,

The campaign targets children aged 0-14 years with heart defects that need surgical interventions who will be operated on from hospitals in Bombay, Bangalore and New Delhi.

Rotary officials say the campaign that will cater travel, transport and accommodation fees for each child and one parent is partly sponsored by the Indian Association in Uganda.

The campaign is estimated to cost at least 2.4 billion Shillings.

James Serugo, a member of Rotary who is in charge of the campaign, says that it is aimed at changing the lives of children who could no longer be treated at the Uganda Heart Institute and already 50 children their parents have expressed interests to the assistance.

Data from the Uganda Heart Institute shows that an estimated 160,000 babies are born annually with heart defects. 80,000 of these need surgical intervention.

However, most of their families cannot afford the costs associated with heart surgeries.