The Covid-19 pandemic presented huge challenges to the parents of two Ethiopian kids, who faced the task of getting them to Mumbai for heart surgeries. However, the parents managed to get them here, and the children were operated on early this month and are soon set to go back to their country. While one is a 2-month-old boy, the other is a 5-month-old girl, both born with complex congenital heart defects.  

“The children and their parents faced a dual challenge due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the situation in Ethiopia, that made getting an echocardiogram for an accurate diagnosis difficult. However, with the support of the authorities, both children arrived in Mumbai and were admitted here,” said Dr Tanuja Karande, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, where the children were operated on.