Updated On: 19 May, 2024 10:17 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Dr Swati Garekar, senior consultant-paediatric cardiology, Fortis Hospital, Mulund said the reasons are the state of mother's nutrition, vaccine status (like German measles), exposure to pollutants in her food, water, air, skin, medicines in the first two months of pregnancy

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Congenital heart disease remains a significant concern in India, said health experts on Saturday, with a whopping 2,00,000 cases every year.
Congenital heart defects (CHDs) can be defined as cardiac anomalies present since birth and cover a wide spectrum from small defects.