A total of 815 children living in Haryana have been operated under Rastriya Bal Swasthya Karyakarm (RBSK) for congenital heart defects in the three private empanelled hospitals- Jaipur based Narayana Hrudayalaya, Fortis Hospital Mohali and Gurugram based Artemis Hospital since April 2017, said Haryana Additional Chief Secretary-Health Rajeev Arora.
He said that apart from this the State Government is further set to extend the list of health conditions to be covered under RBSK for which consultative meetings are being conducted with the technical experts.
Arora, shared this at a function organised by Fortis Hospital along with National Health Mission (NHM), Health Department, Haryana for children operated at their hospitals.
Speaking on the occasion Arora said that the State government’s efforts of empanelment of new private hospitals, conducting special thematic camps IT enabled monitoring solution have also been realized in the data of the program. Sharing the latest figures, Arora said, since April 2019 till September 2019, 1953 children were confirmed and 1187 have been managed for birth defects. Out of children with birth defects,984 children identified with heart defect and 547 managed for heart defects; 411 identified with club foot and 309 managed for club foot; 242 identified with cleft lip/palate and 155 managed for cleft; 97 identified with Neural tube defect (NTD) and 51 managed for NTD; 74 identified with Congenital Deafness and 35 managed for congenital deafness; 22 confirmed with Retinopathy of Prematurity and 11 managed for ROP rest are on followup; 34 identified with congenital cataract and 15 managed; 63 identified with Down syndrome and 49 on management.