Children’s Hospital, A Relief For Single Mom
For my daughter, it is a three stage operation. One is done. The second surgery will be done if doctors find that her oxygen level drops, this can happen anytime. Her third surgery will be done when she is 18 years old.
Friday 29 April 2022 | 11:23
Beverly Kumar with her daughter, Amayra Ahana Prasad on April 27, 2022. Photo: Ronald Kumar
The opening of the Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Children’s Hospital in Nasese means a lot to Beverly Kumar.
She’s no longer worried about taking her four-year-old daughter, Amayra Ahana Prasad to India for her second and third heart surgery.
This service is now provided at the newly opened hospital free of charge for children.
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Amarya was diagnosed with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) when she was six months old. A month later, Ms Kumar’s husband passed away.
“I saw that Amayra’s fingers, toes and lips were kind of bluish in colour. So during her normal clinic day, I told the nurse about it and after……….. to read the full account from our Reporter Wati Talebula-Nuku subscribe to the Fiji Sun e-edition.
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