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500 cardiac surgeries in five months

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, SEPT. 13. With 13-day-old baby Talitha Sherin operated for congenital heart defect recently, Frontier Lifeline, a cardiac health care centre, at Mogappair has completed 500 cardiac surgeries in a span of five months.

Sherin from Tirunelveli was suffering from a defect wherein the arteries carrying pure and impure blood were interchanged. The child underwent an arterial switch operation at the hospital.

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