{"id":11834,"date":"2019-03-08T08:03:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T08:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=11834"},"modified":"2019-03-08T08:03:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T08:03:38","slug":"three-ngos-to-rescue-children-with-heart-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/three-ngos-to-rescue-children-with-heart-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Three NGOs to rescue children with heart disease"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monaco Humanitarian Collective in close collaboration with \u201cM\u00e9c\u00e9nat Chirurgie Cardiaque\u201d and a local NGO \u201cLe Bon Samaritain\u201d has organized a press conference, this March 7, to raise awareness of the challenges faced by children with heart disease and other orthopedic pathologies to be treated abroad.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"

Sp\u00e8s Nihangaza: \u201cParents should consult heart specialists as early as possible\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

Alexis Butoyi, Legal Representative of a local NGO involved in humanitarian assistance \u201cLe Bon Samaritain\u201d has said at least 1% of children are born with heart malformation in Burundi. \u201cAbout 50% died because they didn\u2019t receive appropriate treatment\u201d, he said adding that the association has already supported 226 children suffering from heart disease to have medical treatment abroad since 2012. Among them 181 are children aged between 11 months and 15 years while 45 are adult people.<\/p>\n

Butoyi has said the association has also identified 152 children suffering from heart disease in 2018 but only 53 were treated instead of 62 who got all required documents. \u201cThis means that some of them died before arriving at destination as their diseases were at a very advanced stage\u201d, he says. The patients are sent to 11 countries including France, Belgium, Monaco\u2026 \u201cLe Bon Samaritain\u201d helps patients in psychological, medical and logistic charges.<\/p>\n

Gr\u00e9goire Ngenzebuhoro, representing \u201cM\u00e9c\u00e9nat\u201d organization in Burundi which works in partnership with \u201cLe Bon Samaritain\u201d said the institution has already operated 3000 patients since 1996 including 142 Burundians. \u201cWhen the patients are already identified by local NGOs, \u201cM\u00e9c\u00e9nat\u201d ensures all charges including ticket fees\u201d, he said adding that the organization has already paid the tickets for 86 patients. Ngenzebuhoro then called upon other humanitarian organizations to intervene and assist as many patients as possible.<\/p>\n

Sp\u00e8s Nihangaza, Legal Representative of FVS-AMADE Burundi and Monaco Consul to Burundi has said Monaco contributed to the treatment of children aged less than 15 suffering from heart disease and other orthopedic pathologies. \u201cThere are host families that take care of those children. This means it is not necessary to accompany them\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n

Nihangaza called upon parents who have children who present strange symptoms to go to hospital as early as possible. \u201cSome of our patients are not accepted because their disease is at a very advanced stage. Parents might consult heart specialists very early to start working on identified cases\u201d, she said adding that patients pay nothing to receive treatment abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monaco Humanitarian Collective in close collaboration with \u201cM\u00e9c\u00e9nat Chirurgie Cardiaque\u201d and a local NGO \u201cLe Bon Samaritain\u201d has organized a press conference, this March 7, to raise awareness of the challenges faced by children with heart disease and other orthopedic pathologies to be treated abroad. Alexis Butoyi, Legal Representative of a local NGO involved in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":11837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[113,120],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11834"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11838,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11834\/revisions\/11838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}