Rohaan, a four-month-old infant from Pakistan - who was suffering from a heart problem - needed a medical visa to get his treatment from India. With Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj's intervention, the infant received treatment at a private hospital in Noida where he made a full recovery before he left for Pakistan on Tuesday.

A resident of Lahore, Rohaan had been suffering from a heart disease called "the D-transposition of great arteries with an abnormal origin of main arteries from opposite chambers with multiple VSD (Ventricular Septal Defect) and severe Hypertension." This is a coronary artery anomaly that causes a 'hole' in the heart.

"The child had a hole in his heart and the 'aorta' that is on the left side of heart was coming from the right side and the pulmonary arteries were coming from the left, which is exactly opposite to the general structure of the body," said Doctor Rajesh Sharma, Director, Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Department, Jaypee Hospital.

"Due to this, oxygen-less blood was flowing into his body and the body was turning blue. As a result, the pressure in his lungs would shoot up very quickly. From the very first month, Rohaan used to have heavy breathing, his weight was not increasing and he suffered from frequent pneumonia," the doctor added.

The infant was brought to the hospital on June 12, after his father, Kanwal Sadiq appealed to the Union Minister for help, and his surgery took place on June 14. In the five-hour-long surgery, the aorta and arteries were adjusted to their right places and an arterial switch with VSD closure method was applied.

The baby was then shifted to ICU and was on ventilator support post the surgery. He was kept under critical observation.

After a month of observation, the child was discharged on Tuesday after which he left for Pakistan with his parents. His father expressed his gratitude to the doctors and to Union Minister Sushma Swaraj.

FIVE-HOUR SURGERY