Marwah, who underwent surgery on June 17, is the second among the dozen children, below 10, chosen from the war-torn country by Chairman of Narayana Hrudayalaya Devi Shetty for free surgery.
One out of every 140 children across the world suffers from ventricular septal defect with valve leakage.
“The operation is supposed to be done at the age of three months. Due to lack of facilities in Iraq, had this girl waited for a couple of more years, she would have become inoperable,” said Devi Shetty.
Marwah’s father Riyadh Haseen, who is a clerk, told Deccan Herald that India and its doctors have given his child a second life.
“I had no options to get my daughter treated, and even if I did, I had no money,” he said.
Aga Sultan, former member of All India Council for Technical Education (South – Western Region), who has been visiting Iraq since 2005 spoke to Devi Shetty about poor children in need of medical facilities, who could be treated in Bangalore.