Babina cures child with rare heart defect

By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Dec 26: Babina Hospital has successfully treated a young child diagnosed with a rare genetic condition associated with a serious congenital heart defect.
The child was diagnosed with 3MC syndrome, a very rare inherited condition that can affect facial development, growth, and multiple organs.
In some cases, the condition is linked with cleft lip or palate, thyroid problems, lung complications, and congenital heart defects, according to a press release issued by Babina Hospital, PR and media coordinator Pramod Ningombam.
A 1.7-year-old child, weighing 8.4 Kg and referred from outside the State, was brought to the outpatient department of Dr Lukram Sidartha with a known hole in the heart.
The child underwent comprehensive evaluation, including specialised cardiac imaging and laboratory tests.
Findings revealed a large atrial septal defect (ASD) with narrowing below the pulmonary valve, along with cleft lip and palate, severe hypothyroidism, a large umbilical hernia, and lung damage caused by repeated aspiration.
These conditions had resulted in pulmonary arterial hypertension and strain on the right side of the heart, placing the child at high surgical risk, it said.
Following multidisciplinary deliberation, the child underwent high-risk open-heart surgery performed by a specialised team led by a visiting team of Dr Shyambeer and Dr Gaurav along with Dr Lukram Sidartha.
The procedure lasted about one hour and a half, and early extubation was successfully achieved within three hours.
The child showed rapid recovery, was shifted out of intensive care within a day, and later discharged in stable condition, it said.
During the same period, Babina Hospital also successfully treated other high-risk paediatric cardiac cases, including surgical correction of complex defects and catheter-based procedures for selected conditions, it said.
Babina Hospital has been continuously strengthening its cardiac services with modern infrastructure, experienced specialists, and a multidisciplinary approach, offering both surgical and minimally invasive heart treatments for children and adults across the region, it added.