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Source: Dinamani edition - 22.11.2019 - friday supplement - vellimani.

First in government sector in the State, say doctors A baby, less than a month old, has received a pacemaker for a complete congenital heart block at the Institute of Child Health (ICH) and Hospital for Children. Doctors say this is the first neonate to get a pacemaker implanted by a public sector hospital in the State. It was during the eighth month of pregnancy that Kasturi, 27, a resident of Harur, was told that the foetus had a low heart rate. The next few weeks were filled with anxious moments for Kasturi and her husband, Kuppusamy, an agricultural labourer, as they waited for the birth of their second child. “Doctors told us it was better to wait and watch how the baby comes through with the low heart rate. But he cried as soon as he was born like a normal newborn, was active and feeding well. However, his heart rate continued to be low,” the mother said. Delivered through a caesarean section on December 25 at a private hospital in Harur, the baby weighed 2.8 kg at bir...