Baby Ammar from Iraq Got Healing Touch After Undergoing Complex Heart Surgery Called Tetralogy of Fallot in India

Baby Ammar from Iraq Got Healing Touch After Undergoing Complex Heart Surgery Called Tetralogy of Fallot in India

Ammar Yasir will never forget that moment saying goodbye to his 21-month-old son, whom he and his wife had brought from their home in Iraq.
“I lost it,” he recalls. “I remember our doctor trying to comfort me and telling me he really believed he was in the best hands. He said, ‘If I didn’t believe that I wouldn’t be here’. Today, Baby Ammar Yasir is a thriving 2-year-old with proud parents who will thankfully experience the joy of seeing their child grow up healthy and happy.The family’s journey began in April 2016; Ammar Yasir’s wife Mays Anees Kamal Sarakahya delivered Baby Ammar at a local hospital near their home in Iraq.
Doctors in the neonatal intensive care unit noticed a heart murmur in Baby Ammar. After echocardiography, they diagnosed him with Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), a congenital heart defect that is typically defined by a combination of four anatomical abnormalities of the heart.
When Ammar Yasir and Mays Anees, were told Baby Ammar would need open heart surgery, “Our whole world felt like it was caving in,” he recalls.
The family suggested that the couple take Baby Ammar to India. The pediatric heart surgeons at India have considerable experience with infants with congenital heart defects, like TOF. With that in mind, the family reached out to Euphoria Care for support in finding an appropriate hospital in India.
The couple was given multiple options of the best healthcare facilities and doctors in India, but eventually decided to go with Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (FEHI) in New Delhi. After the family sent Baby Ammar’s medical records to Euphoria Care, they made the necessary travel arrangement to India.
Arriving in New Delhi on the 20th of May, 2018, the family was picked up from the airport by a Euphoria Care health representative who accompanied the family to the hospital. The necessary appointments were all taken care of; it was only a matter of time before the surgery.
We pray for the quick and complete recovery of Baby Ammar and a healthy and fulfilling life ahead.