Arterial Switch Operation Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of the arterial switch operation in Gurgaon typically ranges from $620 to $6,000 USD (about ₹58,800 to ₹5.69 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for the arterial switch operation in Gurgaon is around $2,000 (about ₹1.90 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If the repair is planned and your child needs only a short stay in intensive care, your bill is likely to be closer to $620 (about ₹58,800). It is likely to be nearer $6,000 (about ₹5.69 lakh) if the repair is more complex or done in stages, or your child needs a longer stay in intensive care.

When comparing Gurgaon packages for the arterial switch operation, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Paediatric intensive care days
• Pre-operative scans and catheter studies
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

The arterial switch operation corrects transposition of the great arteries, in which the two main arteries leaving the heart are swapped, by moving them back to their normal positions in the first weeks of life.

Queensland Children's Health says that in transposition the aorta and pulmonary artery are reversed, so oxygen-poor blood is pumped back to the body, and babies survive at first only because natural openings let blood mix.

A medicine called prostaglandin may keep the ductus open, and a balloon atrial septostomy may enlarge a hole between the upper chambers ahead of surgery.

The arteries are switched to their correct positions and the coronary arteries moved to the new aorta, normally in the first few weeks of life.

Babies are cared for in intensive care afterwards, and lifelong follow-up checks the coronary arteries, valves and joins, as some children need further procedures.

Flying home: UK Civil Aviation Authority medical guidance puts the usual wait after heart or chest surgery at 10 to 14 days, so expect to spend around three weeks in Gurgaon in total.

A Gurgaon quote for the arterial switch operation is normally made up of these items:

• Tests before the operation: echocardiogram, CT or cardiac MRI and any catheter study.
• Theatre time and perfusion: children's heart operations can run for many hours.
• Paediatric cardiac intensive care: normally the largest variable.
• Baby: age and condition.
• Treatment ahead of surgery: prostaglandin or septostomy.
• Intensive care: after surgery.
• Follow-up: lifelong coronary and valve checks.

Children's heart surgery costs depend on the child's age and condition, the intensive care stay and any further operations, so complex cases in Gurgaon can cost more than the range above.

Children's heart surgery needs a paediatric cardiac surgeon, a perfusion team and a paediatric cardiac intensive care unit together, so confirm all three when shortlisting hospitals in Gurgaon.

NABH, the hospital accreditation board of the Quality Council of India whose standards carry ISQua accreditation, sets the national benchmark for hospitals, and its online directory shows whether a Gurgaon hospital's accreditation is still current.

Gurgaon is part of Delhi NCR, where India's first hospital to gain Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation did so in 2005, and JCI publishes a searchable list of the organisations it currently accredits.

International patients apply online for India's e-Medical visa, and up to two family members can usually travel on e-Medical Attendant visas; confirm the current rules on the official Indian visa portal.