About
Our Purpose
Saving one heartbeat
at a time!
Little Hearts Trust (LHT) was founded upon the belief that everyone deserves access to quality medical expertise and lifesaving procedures. Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) can be fixed with early intervention. Little Hearts Trust (LHT) purpose is to eradicate, educate and support patients, enrich communities and provide opportunities to live a full and happy existence.
Our Vision
Everyone deserves a chance to live a full life with the opportunity to thrive.
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Compassion
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Integrity
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Growth
Give them a chance to live
Our Story
Growing up in a small village in India, Mr Sivaprakasam became the first educated man in his village which led to his appointment as Chief Engineer in Public Works Department. Over the years he witnessed the death of too many children resulting from undiagnosed and untreated heart disease ddue to unavailability medical care. He was determined to rectify this and lead positive change, so upon his retirement he took the position of Rotary President and commenced worked to serve the needy.
His son, Dr. C. S. Muthukumaran also shared in this vision. In his pursuit to save lives, he left for the UK where he spent the next ten years specialising in Paediatric Cardiology. Returning to India, he set about sharing his knowledge and expertise to diagnose and treat children with Congenital Heart Disease. Today, he has performed more than 10,000 Lifesaving procedures including cardiac catheterizarion, ASD device closures, VSD device Closures, PDA device closures and so on
In February 2020, the vision of father and son to provide access to all children with congenital heart disease without discrimination of caste, creed, colour, or religion became a reality when the “Little Hearts Trust” (LHT) foundation was born.
In only 2 years, the foundation working out of Apollo Children’s Hospital, has been able to provide life saving treatments and medical support to more than 200 children and newborn babies, who otherwise would have been deprived of such services. It has given them an opportunity to develop and thrive, and to be able to realise their hopes and dreams.
Our Team
Meet The Team
Dr.C.S.Muthukumaran
Founder of Little Hearts Trust
DCH, MRCP, MRCPCH , CCST (Paediatric Cardiology, UK)
Consultant Paediatric and Adult structural Interventional Cardiologist
C.Sivaprakasam
Co-founder of Little Hearts Trust
B.E, M.E
Retired Chief Engineer (PWD) Govt. of TamilNadu
A.Suganya
C0-Managing Trustee
B.com(A & F), B.L (Hons.)
Advocate, Madras High Court