Six-year-old boy undergoes a rare heart surgery in India

A six-year-old boy suffering from a rare congenital heart disorder has undergone a complicated operation recently in Aurangabad, India.

Sanket More suffered from the transposition of great arteries-- a congenital birth defect that reversed his right and left ventricles' functions. Apart from that, Sanket's heart was located on the right side and had a hole in it, Indian Express reported.

The child underwent the rare surgery on Friday, May 19. The doctors thought Sanket couldn't live for more than 15 years. 

"We didn't know so many complications could ever be treated. The day after his surgery he said he wants to eat khichdi. He looks stable," his mother Dwarka More said, as quoted by Indian Express.

The initial symptoms of the boy's condition comprised of his face turning bluish.

"He got tired carrying his



bag to school. He would complain of chest pain and suffered from sustained weight loss," Dwarka said.

He was then taken to MGM Hospital in Pune following which he was referred to a private hospital in Mumbai. The echocardiography test revealed a huge hole in his heart and poor blood supply to the lungs.

"Because he has so many complications, the case becomes rare and high-risk. During the surgery, plugging the hole in heart could have hampered the electrical impulses," said Dr Shreepal Jain, paediatric cardiologist, Indian Express reported.

The team of cardiac experts referred international journals to devise a treatment.

"We decided to rectify the interchanged heart chambers. Usually, left ventricle pumps out pure blood. In his case right one pumped out pure blood," said Dr Shivaprakash Krishnanaik, head of the pediatric cardiac unit.