Dr.

Moopens Foundation offers Free Heart Surgery for Afghan Girl in MIMS Calicut
Beyond the boundaries, free heart surgery has been successfully done at MIMS Kozhikode to a
16 years old Afgan girl, who was suffering from chronic cardiac disease. The very complex and
rare cardiac surgery called Intra cardiac Repair has been done to the poor Afgan girl Ms.Rubeena
at MIMS Childrens Heart Centre, Calicut as a part of Healing Touch, a global programme
led by Dr. Moopens Foundation. Poor children, suffering from heart disease are taken care of by
the Healing Touch in which surgeons from MIMS Calicut and Aster Medcity, Kochi are
contributing their medical expertise.
Here humanity and compassion dissolves the boundaries of country and language that brought
the poor little girl Ms. Rubeena back to life. People from different walks of life visited the
hospital to share the joy and relief of Ms. Rubeena and her family. Mr. MK Raghavan MP from
Kozhikode, visited Ms. Rubeena to confer regards and prayers on behalf of the people of India.
He said, by surpassing all other hurdles, now we are able to provide the best medical facilities
to the marginalized people of our country and other countries alike, and we can say these kinds
of good deeds are a part of the best diplomacy too. It is very happy and proud that Padmasree
Dr. Azad Moopen leads and accomplishes these kinds of endeavours.
Ms. Rubeena from Nangarhar Village in Afghanisthan, was a heart patient by birth. Surgery was
the only hope. Ms.Rubeena, is the third among the ten of her parents. Her disease and the poor
financial background of the family put the parents in a dilemma. At this situation, the soothing
presence of Healing Touch was a sudden relief and bliss. The Surgery was done by Paediatric
Cardiac Surgeon Dr. Benedict Raj and Dr. Gopinath with the support of Paediatric Cardiologists
Dr. Renu P Kurup, Dr. Remadevi and Anaesthetists Dr. Sujatha P. Ad Dr. Mohan Das B. S.
Dr. Moopens Foundation, is the service wing of Aster DM Health Care, the world renowned
medical service and Padmasree Dr. Azad Moopen is its charioteer. He had a friendly discussion
with the Afghanistan President Mr. Hameed Karzai in December 2013. By this discussion, Dr.
Azad Moopen decided to spread the wings of Healing Touch to the sky of Afghanistan too. As
a primary step, it has been decided to select 25 poor children and their surgery to be done at
MIMS Calicut and Aster Medcity, Kochi, free of cost. For the screening, a special team consists
of cardiac surgeons from MIMS and Aster Med City went to Afghanistan. The first among the
selected children was Master Suhail whose surgery was successfully completed on 21st April,
2014.
Words of emotion and gratitude from Sayyed Rahman, father of Ms. Rubeena: My daughter had
been suffering for the last several years, but I couldnt provide her a better treatment due to my
poor financial condition, if this opportunity never came we could have only wait for the fate. No
words can express our sincere gratitude to Dr.Moopens Foundation.

A DM Foundation delegation consisting of Senior Consultant doctors and officials visited Kabul
in the month of January 2014 to initiate the screening process and identify the beneficiaries of
the Healing Touch initiative in Afghanistan. Dr. Hashmatulla Nawabi, Paediatric Cardiac
Surgery, Ministry of Health Afghanistan, Dr. Asmatulla Naebkhil- Director & Vice President
of Kabul Medical University & Heart Institute and Mr. Mansoor Ahmadi (Business Man) who
sponsored logistics and HE Atiqullah Atifmall, the Consul General of Republic of Afghanistan
extended support to this initiative and ensured smooth functioning of the initiative.

Mr. MK Raghavan MP visits Ms. Rubeena, an afghan girl who underwent a free heart surgery at
MIMS Calicut with the support of Dr. Moopen's Foundation.
Mr. U Basheer, Executive Director, Dr. Abdulla Cherayakkat, Managing Director, Mr. Sayyed
Rahman, Rubeena's Father, Mrs. Vandana, Dy. Manager, International Relations and Paediatric
cardiac surgeons Dr. Benedict Raj and Dr. Mohan das are also seen.