Save the Little Hearts

A huge thank you to the Manila Rotarians who have now pledged P225,000 towards defraying the costs of transporting the next five indigent Filipino children to go India to the same place where I took the poor boy from Negros Oriental. Each patient and accompanying parent costs about P50k for travel only. That money will pay the airfare and Dr. Moopen’s Foundation will pay for all of the other expenses in India: the surgery, all of the hospital bills, the meals and accommodations for the child and the accompanying parent.

Here are the mechanics: we donate to our RC Manila Foundation. “Save the Little Hearts” has already completed the pre-surgical evaluations of the children in the que – there are now 27 in line – and determined which are truly indigent (i.e. on DSWD conditional cash transfer program or other equivalent evidence of indigency), have completed local medical work-ups including 2D echo cardiograms, x-rays, medical examinations, lab tests, and so forth, and determined which patients are “good risks” for both the travel and the surgery. Some of the patients are not capable of travel, and they will need to have the surgery locally, funded by PhilHealth, PCSO and foundation gifts, but that takes longer so is not the best solution for those capable of surgery with predicted positive outcomes.

The local Save the Little Hearts foundation now has five children ready to travel and is providing me details about the children and their families, which I will share with our RCM donors. We are now ready to purchase the travel so these children’s lives may be saved, transformed just like the boy that I brought to you a few weeks ago.

If you can join our members who have already pledged a donation, several more of the 26 in line will become qualified within the next few weeks. If you have made a pledge, please arrange your immediate donation to our foundation and see me for details on the families and children whose lives you will save. Thank you.