Gleneagles Cardiac Centre Holds Talk Heart Disease
By Jon Tampoi

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Gleneagles Cardiac Centre located at the JPMC in Jerudong held a special talk on Congenital Heart Disease' yesterday. It was designed especially for the general public to inform them of the benefits of early testing of the illness.

Two professors from Gleneagles Medical Centre of Singapore were on hand to deliver the talk. They were Professor Dr Ho Ting Fei (Consultant Paediatric Medicine Singapore Baby & Child) and Professor Dr William Yip (Consultant Cardiologist).

The talk briefly explained that the illness is a serious deformation of important organs of the body such as the heart.

Dr Ho, meanwhile, elaborated on the importance of exercising properly and listed out steps to take to ensure that a child with such an illness is given the proper care.

It was pointed out that one out of 100 children is born with this illness. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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