CATS

A Story

A young boy of 12 years cannot think of living beyond his

teens – he has a defective heart valve and although
treatment is available by which his life line can be
expanded to normal span.

His fault is that he is born in a poor family.

His parents have been running from pillar to post to collect

the funds but still cannot come anywhere near the
minimum cost required for congenital cardiac corrective
surgery.

They give up and with darkness in life await the inevitable.

Can we allow this to happen?

 The Thoughts

There are some who think otherwise

 The Action

• In 1998 Rotary Club Chandigarh began a project called ‘The Gift of Life’

• Till 2004, with donations received, they had carried out major heart
surgeries on 100 Under-Privileged children

• It took 6 years to conduct the first 100 surgeries

• At this time, this Centennial Project was renamed ‘HeartLine’ and they
have saved a total of 209 lives thus far

• It took 4 years to conduct the next 100 surgeries

 The Heartline
• Medical consumables required for each surgery cost Rs.65,000

• Chandigarh Rotary Club meets the cost of surgeries by raising

voluntary donations through its’ members. They get no grants

• PGI Chd. and Fortis Mohali are partners in the project

• Each surgery requires 6 units of blood

• Most of the patients are from far flung towns, near impossible
task for their families to arrange donors in a strange city
 The Criteria

Sole criteria being financial status of the patient

(family) and the urgency for the surgery to be
performed, they have helped children from many
countries, including:
•India
•Nepal
•Uganda
•Sri Lanka
•Afghanistan
•Pakistan
 The Reach

Some of the beneficiaries of the Heart Line

project have included:
• Child of a Tea Vendor from Ambala Railway Station
• Child of a Farmer from Ajnala with small land holding
• Child of a Rickshaw puller from Pinjore
• Child of a Driver from Ganga Nagar
• Child of a Pathi from The Golden Temple
• Child of a Daily Wager from Hallomajra
• Child of an Unemployed person from Kangra
The Progress

Celebrating 100 Surgeries

 Why CATS?

Blood Donation Camp held by

CATS in January helped 12
children during and post
surgery to recover from their
congenital ailment in the last
three months
The Results

Meet the children you have

provided assistance to …
 Thank You

These Children may not be here

today without your help
CATS & Heart Line

Nothing could possibly give

more satisfaction than
seeing these smiles on the
faces of these children when
they leave the hospital after
being successfully operated
upon
 CATS & Rotary

Thanks to you friends, little children who undergo free

heart surgery under the Rotary Heartline project of
Rotary Club of Chandigarh, shall always be grateful to
you for saving their lives. And what a better way to
celebrate life for the CATS by saving the lives of
children they know not.

On behalf of Rotary Club of Chandigarh I compliment

everyone, and am sure, together we shall continue to
touch the lives of the people around us with many
more such adventures of selfless service.

- Elusive CAT Charanjit (Past President Chandigarh Rotary Club)

 CATS & Heartline

Would You Continue to Like To Help Change The

Lives Of Those Who Are Less Fortunate?

Rotary Club
Chandigarh

http://rotarychandigarh.blogspot.com http://chandigarhadventures.blogspot.com

www.rotarychandigarh.org www. corepr.com/cats/index.htm

CATS & Heart Line

•Three months is the safe recommended time

gap for repeat donation of blood donation for
both males and females
•CATS had collected 41 units in January’08
•Could we look forward to your generosity again
on 25th of April?
 CATS 2nd Blood
Donation Camp

Date: Friday, 25th of Apr'08

Time: 9am - 5pm
Venue: Fortis Hospital, Mohali (Reach Fortis Blood Bank, located just beyond the
IPD Counter)
 CATS 2nd Blood
Donation Camp

Do bring along your family, friends, colleagues,

neighbours for this noble cause

See You There