Neha Noor Heart Cure Fund to offer assistance to children in need of medical help.

Neha Noor Heart Cure Fund formed by the people of Faridabad offers assistance to children in need of medical help, it will look after children below the age of 19 years coming from poor families and will cover children of all SAARC countries. To date the fund has succeeded in collecting Rs. 2 lakhs, which will be used for the treatment of children.

September, 2003 -- Neha Sharma, suffering from a rheumatic heart had given up all hopes of survival. Her father a vegetable vendor, had unsuccessfully tried to collect the funds required for her operation. However, the awareness created about her condition resulted in hospitals across the city coming forward to offer assistance. Apollo authorities decided to operate on Neha thus giving her a new lease of life. A cardiac patient at Apollo came forward to pay for her artificial valve.

Noor Fatima from Pakistan suffering from multiple holes in her heart was also brought to India where she underwent a complex surgery at a Bangalore based Hospital. She has now returned to Pakistan, a normal child.

Today 2 lakh children are born in India with congenital heart defects. Some are able to afford surgeries while others die waiting for someone to sponsor them. In an effort to offer timely medical assistance to children, the people of Faridabad have come together to form the Neha- Noor Children Heart Cure Fund.

The fund will look after children below the age of 19 years coming from poor families and will cover children of all SAARC countries. The fund has also contacted hospitals in the city having the required infrastructure to offer assistance of any kind that they see possible.

The fund will be managed by reputed social workers and NGOs from all the SAARC countries have also been invited to join this venture. To date the fund has succeeded in collecting Rs. 2 lakhs, which will be used for the treatment of children.

Speaking at the press conference, Neha Sharmas father said, I owe my daughters life to the people of Faridabad and Apollo Hospitals. I sincerely hope that everyone will assist the Neha Noor Foundation to help save lives of many more children like Neha."

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