Boy with heart ailment to get operated through Sebaashray
The Statesman|January 07, 2025
Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee took up the matter with the authorities of Jagannath Gupta Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital and the surgery will be conducted shortly
Boy with heart ailment to get operated through Sebaashray

The timely intervention of doctors at Sebaashray camp has saved the life of a nine-year-old boy.

The nine-year-old Altaf Hosen Ghorami had visited one of the Sebaashray camps in Diamond Harbour with his father. The initial medical reports showed some medical complications. Examining the reports, the doctors referred him to the model camp, which has been set at the SDO ground for advanced diagnosis.

The doctors detected a hole in his heart and this was causing major problems over the years.

Altaf was found suffering from Cyanotic heart disease. The matter was immediately brought to the notice of the local MP, Abhishek Banerjee.

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