Badal Paida, YOUNGEST IN EASTERN INDIA
KEONJHAR: Badal Paida, an impoverished 13-year-old child belonging to Kundapitha village under Ghatagaon block of Keonjhar district, became the youngest in eastern India to undergo a successful heart transplant surgery.
The news of Paida’s operation was tweeted by the state health department on Tuesday. The boy was successfully operated upon at Narayana Superspecialty Hospital in Howrah, West Bengal. For faster access to quality healthcare for children detected with heart ailments, the state government has signed an MoU with Narayan hospital. As per agreement, children suffering from congenital heart diseases and rheumatic heart diseases get free surgery at the hospital.