Medical experts have sounded the alarm over ‘rapid increase in congenital heart diseases’ among children in Pakistan, with Tetralogy of Fallot, emerging as the most frequently diagnosed conditions. If not identified and surgically treated in time, TOF can pose a serious threat to the child’s life.

Speaking to The Express Tribune , NICVD Assistant Professor and Paediatric Cardiologist Dr Aaliya Kamal Ahsan - the first Pakistani to receive an official fellowship in paediatric cardiac imaging from IJN Malaysia - said her primary area of expertise is congenital heart disease, particularly TOF.

According to Dr Aaliya, around 40,000 to 60,000 children are born with heart diseases in Pakistan every year, out of which 10-12% (4,000-7,000) are TOF cases. At NICVD alone, surgeons perform two ope

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