Against the odds: Delhi doctors save 7-year-old Iraqi boy after rare cardiac procedure

A seven-year-old Iraqi boy with incessant tachycardia, a condition causing rapid heartbeats, received a new lease on life in Delhi. Doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute successfully performed a rare cardiac procedure on the 25kg child, whose heart rate was dangerously high. He has since returned home and resumed playing football.

Against the odds: Delhi doctors save 7-year-old Iraqi boy after rare cardiac procedure
A seven-year-old Iraqi boy with incessant tachycardia, a condition causing rapid heartbeats, received a new lease on life in Delhi. Doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute successfully performed a rare cardiac procedure on the 25kg child, whose heart rate was dangerously high. He has since returned home and resumed playing football.