Platts & Nisbett is delighted to support the International Children’s Heart Foundation, by providing surgical instruments for their mission trips around the world.

The International Children’s Heart Foundation recently made their inaugural mission trip to Voronezh in Russia, healing the hearts of twelve children with congenital heart disease.

The Babyheart team, led by cardiovascular heart surgeon and ICHF Founder, Dr. William Novick, consisted of one intensivist, two anaesthesiologists, one perfusionist, one scrub nurse, one cardiologist, one respiratory therapist, one PICU nurse educator, five PICU nurses, and one biomedical engineer. The team came from six different countries, all joining together for one cause – to save the lives of children with congenital heart defects.

During the team’s first visit to the Voronezh Regional Hospital, twelve children received operations. Additionally, the volunteer doctors and nurses from the Babyheart team worked alongside the local staff teaching them the latest techniques in caring for children with these heart conditions.

The twelve children received life saving surgery which would not have been possible without the outstanding work of the International Children’s Heart Foundation. The children were all aged two years or below, with the youngest patient being only nine days old. The team carried out procedures such as ASD Closure, TOF Repair, VSD Closure and PDA Ligation. Without surgical intervention, children with congenital heart defects are forced to struggle on a daily basis, until their hearts become too weak and eventually fail. However due to the amazing work of the International Children’s Heart Foundation, these children can now go on to live healthy and normal lives.

The Babyheart team look forward to returning to Veronezh in the future, to perform life changing surgery on more children, giving them renewed hope of a bright future.

To find out more about this Babyheart Mission Trip to Russia, please click here.

If you can help the International Children’s Heart Foundation in any way, please visit www.babyheart.org