Heart Surgery

Singer Palak Muchhal has been funding heart surgeries for children whose families lack the means. She has helped over 3,000 kids so far, and does not plan to stop anytime soon.

Over 8000 children under 14, with life-threatening heart ailments like Bhakti, have been identified under the government-sponsored Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram. This is a state-wide screening and early intervention programme that will sponsor surgeries by top doctors in Mumbai and the state

Earlier, the department used to provide ₹60,000 to ₹1.6 lakh per surgery in private hospitals, but now the upper limit has been extended.

After the intervention of Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, the boy and his mother received their visas and could travel to India for his treatment.

Green corridor refers to a special road route that enables harvested organs meant for transplants to reach the destined hospital.

A chance encounter prompted a young lawyer to take up the cause of reducing the cost of life-saving medical procedures, and inspiring faith in the judicial system along the way.