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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | One out of five kids in adivasi heartland has cardiac problem by Nitin Yeshwantrao

One out of five kids in adivasi heartland has cardiac problem by Nitin Yeshwantrao

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published Published on Jan 6, 2011   modified Modified on Jan 6, 2011

One out of every five children from the tribal talukas of Thane could be suffering from a serious heart ailment. This was the diagnosis of a medical camp conducted by the district health officer at Wada, 75 km from Thane, recently.

Of the 125 children in the 4-15 age group, who underwent the echocardiogram test, 25 were detected with abnormal heart movements, setting off alarm bells in the local medical community.

Almost all the kids belong to the economically and socially backward section. "The affected kids are from Wada, Vikramgadh, Jawahar, Palghar, Vasai and Bhiwandi talukas of Thane. All of them will require to undergo a heart surgery," an official said.

The shocking findings have raised questions about the health status of these children and also contradict popular perception that heart-related diseases are only prevalent among kids in urban areas.

Dr Maharudra Ghuge, medical officer at Wada, under whose supervision the children were examined, said, "Heart diseases are increasingly becoming a problem among school-going children in the adivasi heartland. Poor eating habits or malnourishment, though, is not the only reason for the rise in such cases. It is more of a hereditary problem here."

"The children come from poor families but are definitely not malnourished. Though we have not carried out any survey to understand their socio-economic status and food habits, such deficiencies in the children are generally passed on to them from someone in the family,'' Ghuge said.

"In some of the cases, the children were found to suffer from Atrial Septal Defect, generally known as a hole in the heart, while in most of the cases the heart movement was abnormal__the beats were either too fast or too slow. Generally, such children tend to get tired fast," Ghuge told TOI.

In a similar camp held in the taluka schools last year, health officials detected a shocking 52 children with heart problems, all of whom underwent a surgery cost free under the state government's Jeevandayi Yojna.

"In the present case, too, all the 25 children will be treated and operated upon at government expense,'' Ghuge said.

The Times of India, 7 January, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/One-out-of-five-kids-in-adivasi-heartland-has-cardiac-problem/articleshow/7232656.cms


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