The Tinmar Foundation joined the project “Every Heart Counts” run by the Mereu Prabo Foundation, dedicated to saving the lives of children diagnosed with congenital heart malformations. It is an initiative that aims to equip the Cardiovascular Surgery Department of the Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children Marie Curie with premium medical equipment, indispensable for the diagnosis, operation and monitoring of complex cases.
In Romania, annually between 1,200 and 1,500 children are born with congenital heart malformations, and for many of them the time, precision of diagnosis and surgical intervention can make the difference between life and death.
The first step in the project was made by purchasing two echocardiographs, one mobile, for diagnosis and monitoring, and one needed for the Operating Block of the Cardiovascular Surgery Department of the Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children Marie Curie. The new equipment for the Operating Room is not just an ordinary ultrasound machine, but an essential intraoperative echocardiography equipment used to guide and verify pediatric cardio surgeries.
Through its involvement in this project, the Tinmar Foundation reaffirms its mission to invest in health, education and the development of communities in Romania, supporting initiatives that produce sustainable changes and provide access to high-performance medical services.
Involvement of the Tinmar Foundation in the project “Every Heart Counts” of the Always Almost Foundation is an example of collaboration between organizations that share the same belief: when resources, experience and solidarity are put to the service of people, social impact can transform destinies.
“We firmly believe that every child deserves a chance at a healthy life, and access to high-performance medical technology can often mean the difference between hope and suffering. Through the partnership with the Mereu Trabo Foundation, we are joining an approach that responds to a real need of the Romanian medical system and contribute to the creation of better conditions for the diagnosis and treatment of children with heart conditions. At the Tinmar Foundation, social responsibility means investments with long-term impact, and children’s health is one of the most important causes that we choose to support them.” – Ioan BRATU, President of the Tinmar Foundation
The anatomy of the heart in children with congenital malformations is very complex: dimensions of only a few centimeters and, in the case of newborns, blood vessels with diameters of only a few millimeters. The new equipment confirms the diagnosis before the start of the operation, guides the surgeon during the intervention, checks, before closing the incision, if the operation is successful, evaluates the function of the heart immediately after exiting the extracorporeal circulation.
“Every year, 1,500 children are born in Romania with congenital heart malformations, and for too many of them, time has no patience. Today, only half end up benefiting from the operation that can save their lives. We cannot change the diagnosis with which a child is born, but we can do everything in our power so that more and more children with diseased hearts reach the operating room on time and have doctors with them who have the best equipment. That’s why every equipment that we manage to bring to a hospital means more precision for the medical team and a chance for one more child to return home healthy. We appreciate that all the partners of the Always Near Foundation in this project have chosen to believe, with us, that every heart matters and that every child deserves all the chances that medicine can offer today.” – Adriana PAVA, Director of the Always Close Foundation
The investment will contribute to reducing the number of invasive procedures, increasing the success rate of surgical interventions and improving the quality of the medical act in one of the two public pediatric cardiology centers that Romania currently has.
The “Every Heart Counts” project, carried out by the Always Close Foundation and supported by the Tinmar Foundation, aims to equip the Cardiovascular Surgery Department of the Marie Curie Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children with several essential, state-of-the-art medical equipment. Only for the first stage of the project costs exceed 350,000 euros. The Tinmar Foundation invites companies, partners and the general public to join this initiative to contribute to the complete equipping of the Cardiovascular Surgery Department of the Marie Curie Children’s Emergency Clinical Hospital with essential medical equipment, proving that solidarity can save lives.
About the Tinmar Foundation
The Tinmar Foundation develops and supports social responsibility projects in essential areas such as health, education, social protection and supporting vulnerable communities. Through constant investments and solid partnerships, the foundation contributes to the development of projects with real and sustainable impact in Romanian society.
About the Always Close Foundation
For over two decades, the Mereu Mero Foundation has been running humanitarian and medical programs dedicated to people in difficult situations, developing projects that improve access to medical services and support vulnerable communities throughout the country.
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