By A four-month-old baby from Tiruchi with a rare congenital heart defect was saved through a life-saving open heart surgery at a hospital in Coimbatore, supported by corporate social responsibility (CSR) funding by a company.
The baby had been in ventilator support in the Government Medical College Hospital in Tiruchi from the first week of August after developing high-grade fever and breathing difficulty. The infant was diagnosed with Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (TAPVC) in a congenital heart disease screening camp organised by G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital (GKNM) in Tiruchi on August 8.
In this condition, the pulmonary veins that normally carry oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the left side of the heart connect abnormally to the right side, resulting in abnormal mixing of blood and low oxygen levels.
Since the defect required urgent surgical correction, the baby was shifted to GKNM Hospital on August 8 and doctors performed a six-hour-long open-heart surgery the following day.
The child’s father was earning about ₹15,000 per month and the cost of such a complex cardiac treatment was beyond the family’s financial means.
J.S. Auto Cast Foundry India Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Bharat Forge Ltd., supported the screening camp and the baby’s subsequent treatment as part of its CSR initiative. A release from GKNM Hospital said the baby recovered well and was discharged from the hospital in a stable condition after the surgery.
R. Vijayakumar, head of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery at GKNM Hospital, said timely diagnosis and surgical intervention can make a crucial difference in complex congenital heart defects like TAPVC.
“At JS Auto Cast Foundry, we believe in our responsibility to the community and are committed to creating meaningful and lasting social impact through our CSR initiatives,” said Sumeet Banga, president and CEO of JS Auto Cast Foundry India Pvt. Ltd.
Published – August 20, 2026 06:17 pm IST