Gift of Life

Seven lakh children require open - heart surgeries in India. It is estimated that nearly 75,000 children out of the 18 million born every year suffer from heart diseases at birth. Only a small percentage of these children get expert medical advice while majority of them cannot afford the cost of the surgery , because of the high cost involved.

Rotary came forward to reach out to those poor children and "Gift of Life" project was launched in India towards end of 2002. Under Gift of Life project, many poor children have been treated successfully.

National Heart Institute has joined hands with Rotary for this project in Delhi. So far nine children have been operated for various kinds of heart problems. These children are from different parts of India.

Going forward we plan to operate 100 children in next one year. Any individual / organization who come across needy children with heart problems can email the request at contact@nhi.in