NEW DELHI: Roohan Sadiq, the four-month-old ailing Pakistani infant arrived in Noida, India on Monday to undergo treatment for atrial septal defect (ASD)—hole in the heart.
The Indian High Commission in Pakistan had issued a visa to the child and his parents on the intervention of India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
Roohan arrived in Noida and will undergo treatment at Jaypee Hospital in New Delhi.
India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had offered help to Roohan’s father after he highlighted his son’s health condition on the social media. Swaraj’s assurance came after the child’s father brought the matter to her notice on Twitter.
“The child will not suffer. Please contact Indian High Commission in Pakistan. We will give the medical visa,” she had said.
Roohan has a hole in his heart and was referred to the multi-specialty hospital for treatment. However, in the backdrop of cross-border tension between India and Pakistan, his parents were unable to get a medical visa for their child’s treatment in India.
Dr Ashutosh Marwah, an eminent paediatric cardiologist, along with paediatric cardiac surgeon Dr Rajesh Sharma will treat Rohaan.
