Winners of the lottery: ESC Congress 2010

Tuesday, the winners of the European Heart for Children lottery were announced by Mrs. Florio Ferrari at the European Heart for Children booth.

The first prize, which consisted in a Fiat 600, went to Dr. Maurice Pelsers from The Netherlands. The second prize, a jewel cross pendant, went to Dr. Massimo Pasquale, from Italy and the 3rd prize, a voucher for two return economy flight tickets within Europe went to Dr. Martine Gilard from France.

The European Heart for Children (EHC) would like to thank the donors of the lottery prizes:

The Nilo family for the Fiat 600
The Vardas family for the cross pendant
Garden Travel Agency in Rome, Italy for the flight tickets.

The EHC would also like to thank all of you who have visited the booth during the Congress to support the European Heart for Children mission by buying our merchandize or donating money and we hope that many more will visit the booth today before leaving Stockholm.

Thank you!

The Need

Perinatal diseases account for 69% of infant deaths today and of these, 30% is represented by congenital heart diseases.
More than 6 million children are suffering from heart
disease worldwide.

Each year, 1 million children are born with congenital heart diseases, of which only 200 000 have access to proper care.
Today, there are 2 to 4 million children awaiting cardiac surgery.

Congenital heart disease is a curable disease where there are adequate health care systems. However, this is not the case in every ESC member country. This is a need and a priority that the ESC should try to accomplish.