Physical Health China Project #10838

Curing kids with heart disease in southwest China

by China California Heart Watch

Curing kids with heart disease in southwest China

Project Report | Jul 16, 2019
New Approach to Saving the Lives of Children.

By Robert Detrano | Volunteer and Board Member

New Approach to Saving the Lives of Children.
By Robert Detrano - Board Chair and Volunteer

Volunteer Cardiologist Julio and School Children

In order to comply with new Chinese laws and better serve the poor children of Yunnan Province, China California Heart Watch(China Cal) has revised its approach toward this project. China Cal has made an agreement with its partner hospital, Yunnan Province Fu Wai Cardiovascular Hospital. This contractual agreement will provide for periodic grants from China Cal and provision of volunteers to that hospital in order to diagnose, refer and treat poor rural Yunnan Province children with heart disease. Fu Wai will use local health care personnel to perform mission trips to poor rural areas where children will be screeened and when needed treated appropriately using grants from China Cal and other foundations.

We are happy to announce that this new method is already working. In December of 2018, teams of Fu Wai personnel with volunteer local and foreign pediatric cardiologists referred and supported over 30 poor chidren with heart disease from Xi Shuang Ban Na prefecture near the Burmese border.

Julio Screening a Child for Heart Disease

Julio and his patient

Fu Wai Hospital Doctor Examines Child

Fu Wai China Cal Team

One of 33 children whose life was saved.

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