Saturday, September 24, 2011

what is the effect on familys finacially when there is a child born with congenital heart disease

what is the effect on familys finacially when there is a child born with congenital heart disease?
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Heart Diseases - 3 Answers
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1 :
I don't know anything about the condition, but common sense does tell me that people born with enormailities are more expensive to take care of than "normal" kids. medicines, procedures, doctors visits. itll alll add up.
2 :
congenital heart diseases CHD as commonly known as can be of two types, one curable another noncurable. incase of a curable ones where there are chances of survival then the cost can be controlled. but non curable where chances are less could mean u lose ur money and moreover ur child. depending on the from of CHD the basic treatments could cost no less than 1-2 laks indian currency apart from hospital and visitation and test charges. there are schemes various hosp provide that can reduce the cost.
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Its tough, things are usually pretty tight. Because of surgeries, medicines, hosptial stays, doctor visits, diagnostic procedures ect. when i go to the cardiologist and get a chest xray, EKG and an ECHO it costs 6000 dollars, my stress test cost close to a 1000, my pulmonologist visit and all the tests cost close to 2000 dollars. A child with CHD will need a cardiologist, some need pulmonologist and some need even more doctors along with the normal GP doctor or pediatrician doctor. Surgeries will cost thousands and thousands of dollars(around 180,000 or 200,000 but surgeries prices differ) Meds can be a couple of hundred to thousands of dollars Hospital visits can be thousands of dollar Having CHD can be Very expensive, and sometimes insurance doesnt cover all the care we need. And these are life long costs, there is NO CURE for congenital heart disease, well some may not need treatment most do. The only treatment is in a form of surgeries, meds and sometimes heart transplants but there is no cure

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