Pakistani father says 'heart of my child beats for Madam Sushma Swaraj'
A four-month-old Pakistani baby, Rohaan, on medical visa was provided treatment at Jaypee Hospital in Noida owing to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's efforts.
- Jul 18, 2017,
- Updated Jul 18, 2017 3:56 PM IST
A four-month-old Pakistani baby, Rohaan, on medical visa was provided treatment at Jaypee Hospital in Noida owing to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's efforts.
Rohaan's father, Kamal Siddiqui expressed his gratitude towards Swaraj and urged her to further open doors for medical visas.
"The heart of my child beats today for Madam Sushma Swaraj. I would like to request her to open doors for those Pakistanis who have been waiting for medical visas. It is my humble request," he said, reported the Indian Express.
According to a statement issued by the hospital, Rohaan was suffering from 'D-transportation of great arteries with abnormal origin of main arteries from opposite chambers with multiple VSD and severe pulmonary hypertension'.
The infant was operated by a team of doctors led by Dr Rajesh Sharma on July 14.
Sharma explained that Rohaan had a hole in his heart and that the 'aorta, that is on the left side of the heart was coming from the right side'.
"Pulmonary arteries were coming from the left side which was exactly the opposite of the structure of the body. Due to multiple VSD, oxygen less blood was flowing in his body and his body was turning blue," said Sharma.
This could have caused breathing problems as well as pneumonia.
The surgery took 5 hours after which the baby was put on the ventilator and a tracheotomy was done, said doctors.
Rohaan's family will return to Pakistan after the doctors at Jaypee give them consent.
It was on May 22 when Kamal Siddiqui tweeted to Indian Foreign Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Sartaj Aziz, Foreign Affairs Advisor to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif about the medical condition of his child.
He tweeted: "Why my bud suffers for medical treatment!! Any answers Sir Sartaj Aziz or Maam Sushma??"
He expressed his concern over the delay of procuring the medical visa due to the ongoing tensions between the two neighbouring countries.
A four-month-old Pakistani baby, Rohaan, on medical visa was provided treatment at Jaypee Hospital in Noida owing to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's efforts.
Rohaan's father, Kamal Siddiqui expressed his gratitude towards Swaraj and urged her to further open doors for medical visas.
"The heart of my child beats today for Madam Sushma Swaraj. I would like to request her to open doors for those Pakistanis who have been waiting for medical visas. It is my humble request," he said, reported the Indian Express.
According to a statement issued by the hospital, Rohaan was suffering from 'D-transportation of great arteries with abnormal origin of main arteries from opposite chambers with multiple VSD and severe pulmonary hypertension'.
The infant was operated by a team of doctors led by Dr Rajesh Sharma on July 14.
Sharma explained that Rohaan had a hole in his heart and that the 'aorta, that is on the left side of the heart was coming from the right side'.
"Pulmonary arteries were coming from the left side which was exactly the opposite of the structure of the body. Due to multiple VSD, oxygen less blood was flowing in his body and his body was turning blue," said Sharma.
This could have caused breathing problems as well as pneumonia.
The surgery took 5 hours after which the baby was put on the ventilator and a tracheotomy was done, said doctors.
Rohaan's family will return to Pakistan after the doctors at Jaypee give them consent.
It was on May 22 when Kamal Siddiqui tweeted to Indian Foreign Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Sartaj Aziz, Foreign Affairs Advisor to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif about the medical condition of his child.
He tweeted: "Why my bud suffers for medical treatment!! Any answers Sir Sartaj Aziz or Maam Sushma??"
He expressed his concern over the delay of procuring the medical visa due to the ongoing tensions between the two neighbouring countries.