Our Long-Term Goal
Improve facilities in Sri Lanka for the treatment of children’s
heart diseases (CHD) to the point where every child receives appropriate
and effective treatment as and when it is needed.
Our Short-Term Goal
Increase the number of children’s heart operations carried
out in Sri Lanka from the present 600 per year to 1,200 per year
by end 2008.
Our Objectives
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Equip and improve hospitals, clinics,
operating theatres and other facilities used in the diagnosis
and treatment of CHD in Sri Lanka, based on needs assessments
made by senior professionals engaged in such diagnosis and treatment. |
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Help train State doctors, anaesthesiologists, nurses
and other professionals engaged in providing paediatric cardiac
services in Sri Lanka. |
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Provide partial financial assistance to a limited
number of children requiring urgent intervention and having
to seek private sector facilities in Sri Lanka. |
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Promote awareness and understanding of the problem
of CHD in Sri Lanka. |
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Maintain, foster and develop paediatric cardiac
services in Sri Lanka. |
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Raise sufficient funds to cover the cost of achieving
the preceding objectives. |
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