SEAPC: Tibet Touching Hearts

  Touching Hearts is sending
children for life-saving heart
treatments at the newly
installed ICU/Catheterization
Lab.

  New children are being found   and funds are still needed for   their treatments. You can save the life of one of these children by sponsoring a critical care patient. Be a part of this in another way by choosing from the Get Involved menu on the left.

Together, we can make a real impact on Tibet.

Video Update

Simple exercise screening allows our program to identify children with heart disease

History

Begun in 1999 and officially launched in 2000, Touching Hearts in Tibet has now ministered Christ to more than 14,000 children. The region has 3 to 5 times the number of children with congenital heart disease due to high altitude effects. During the survey portion of the Survey and Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease, we have touched the lives of thousands while bringing healing prayer and procedures to many.

These children have conditions so serious that we must move quickly to save their lives. All procedures are performed by teams whose travel to and from China are funded by Children’s Lifeline Foundation and Overseen by Dr. Keller at Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, KY along with faculty and staff from the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. So far we have had cardiologists from Japan, Venezuela, China, and the United States cooperating in Touching Hearts.

Patient & Family

Tibetan Touching Hearts patients

The Government of China decided to donate $800,000 to finalize the purchase and installation of the Catheterization Lab in Lhasa, Tibet. From this moment forward, every child (ages 1-18) living in Tibet with congenital heart disease will receive free heart care in this facility. It will be the first and only Pediatric Cardio Center for the most at-risk part of the world.

Bi-Plane Catherization Lab installed in Lhasa

Bringing ultrasound technology to the Tibetan countryside has been another major milestone in Touching Hearts.

Child in Tibet receiving a sonogram

The government has opened every region to us, they say we can spend the money on the High Altitude Research Center, and the Foreign Affairs Department has designated Touching Hearts as the model project for international cooperation.

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