MTN Foundation sends 14 children to India for heart surgery to consolidate government’s efforts in providing free healthcare

Under the MTN Foundation’s Medical Intervention Scheme, 14 beneficiaries out of the 20 who were diagnosed at Gold Cross Hospital, Lagos have been short-listed for heart surgery treatment in India. They are due to leave the country today Wednesday, January 20, 2016. Two of the initial 16 beneficiaries selected for treatment dropped out and decided to pursue treatment in India by other means, leaving 14 beneficiaries in the current phase of the intervention. The beneficiaries, who are majorly children from families with little means, will be treated on all heart related illnesses.