The news that a one and half year baby had under gone as many as 16 surgeries after birth is not only heartrending but also brings tears to the eyes. This news being reported by Health Destination has sent shock waves among the Dubai people, where this child has born.
The 16 month old baby was taken to the surgery table for 16 times is probably rarest of the rare cases as far as child's health is concerned. The child has under gone these surgeries for correction in breathing problem. Finally it has reached home safely is the sweet news.
All over the world millions of children take birth every day an at least one percent of them under go surgery for ailments in the body. Some children born with cleft lip, heart related problems, liver, kidney and other internal organs' problems. In a fraction of cases unless the baby is operated upon, they can not survive.
At the same time thousands of babies die off due to non availability of surgeries and medical attention in time. In the under developed countries this problem is much rampant and on behalf of developed countries nothing is being done.
There is immediate need to address this problem and organisations working for childrens' health have to take steps in this direction. At the same time, the countries where this problem is prevalent governments have to take proactive steps to educate the parents and have to make arrangements for the medical attention.
Most of the ailments in the internal organs take place because of genetic problems of the parents. Some diseases come hereditary and some come due to anomalies in the genes of the parents. Marriage between those who are advised not to get married, cause ailments in the internal organs. So far there are no methods to find out what type of genetic errors cause such problems.
There is a need to take up research in this area and medical scientists have to find out what genetic error causes what type of organ failure at birth. So far they are able to find out few of genetic errors that cause diseases in the children by birth. But their research has to go a long way and so much support is needed.
Governments in the under developed countries are not funding adequately to the research in genetic mapping and they are depending mostly on the developed countries to find out solutions for the genetic problems.
Every child has a right to take birth in proper condition and no one could deny it. However this right is not being recognised all over the world and this is causing deaths of millions of children due to failure of internal organs.
In this issue individual parents are totally helpless as they did not know what is in store for their kids. Till the birth of the baby they will dream about them a lot and wait with lot of enthusiasm. But when they come to know that their child has irreparable problem, will break down.
In this cases money becomes more important and in most of the cases parents can not bear the expenditure and leave the child to its fate. Now it is the time for governments and child activists to act and take up research and formulate policies and programmes that helps the needy.
The 16 month old baby was taken to the surgery table for 16 times is probably rarest of the rare cases as far as child's health is concerned. The child has under gone these surgeries for correction in breathing problem. Finally it has reached home safely is the sweet news.
All over the world millions of children take birth every day an at least one percent of them under go surgery for ailments in the body. Some children born with cleft lip, heart related problems, liver, kidney and other internal organs' problems. In a fraction of cases unless the baby is operated upon, they can not survive.
At the same time thousands of babies die off due to non availability of surgeries and medical attention in time. In the under developed countries this problem is much rampant and on behalf of developed countries nothing is being done.
There is immediate need to address this problem and organisations working for childrens' health have to take steps in this direction. At the same time, the countries where this problem is prevalent governments have to take proactive steps to educate the parents and have to make arrangements for the medical attention.
Most of the ailments in the internal organs take place because of genetic problems of the parents. Some diseases come hereditary and some come due to anomalies in the genes of the parents. Marriage between those who are advised not to get married, cause ailments in the internal organs. So far there are no methods to find out what type of genetic errors cause such problems.
There is a need to take up research in this area and medical scientists have to find out what genetic error causes what type of organ failure at birth. So far they are able to find out few of genetic errors that cause diseases in the children by birth. But their research has to go a long way and so much support is needed.
Governments in the under developed countries are not funding adequately to the research in genetic mapping and they are depending mostly on the developed countries to find out solutions for the genetic problems.
Every child has a right to take birth in proper condition and no one could deny it. However this right is not being recognised all over the world and this is causing deaths of millions of children due to failure of internal organs.
In this issue individual parents are totally helpless as they did not know what is in store for their kids. Till the birth of the baby they will dream about them a lot and wait with lot of enthusiasm. But when they come to know that their child has irreparable problem, will break down.
In this cases money becomes more important and in most of the cases parents can not bear the expenditure and leave the child to its fate. Now it is the time for governments and child activists to act and take up research and formulate policies and programmes that helps the needy.
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