Georgia boy treated for congenital heart disease at hospital in A.P

Key points

• Doctors from Medstar Hospitals at Tadepalli have successfully treated a boy, hailing from Georgia in Europe, who was suffering from pulmonary atresia, a rare and complex congenital heart disease.
• According to a release issued by the hospital, the child had been battling severe medical challenges since birth.
• Conditions included a poorly developed left lung and persistently low oxygen levels.
• He had previously undergone four major cardiac surgeries and stenting procedures in Georgia.
• The Blalock-Taussig (BT) shunt surgery performed previously on his right lung was providing only minimal blood flow, resulting in progressive deterioration of his oxygen saturation.