The 24-year-old was diagnosed with Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum (PAIVS) in the month of January and had trouble raising funds for his treatment. Chennaiyin FC co-owner Abhishek Bachchan donated Rs 5,00,000 (Rs five lakh) whereas his Chennai City FC counterpart Rohit Ramesh too pitched in Rs 30,000 in a heart-warming gesture.
Other prominent names who made a contribution towards the noble cause were journalist TN Raghu and coach Raman Vijayan. Both of them provide ISL commentary for Star Sports Tamil with the latter also being the founder of Raman Vijayan Soccer School which participates regularly in the Hero Elite League (U18 I-League), Hero Junior League (U15 I-League), and Hero Sub-Junior League (U13 I-League).
PAIVS is a heart valve defect which is usually found at birth or shortly afterwards. The pulmonary valve which allows blood to flow from the heart to the lungs doesn’t operate properly as a sheet of tissue blocks the blood flow.
The doctors discovered Jaikumar’s condition during his birth and, he has been on medication since then. However, the situation aggravated in the last two months of 2018 and took a life-threatening form.
Chronic diseases like PAIVS are difficult to cure once a person crosses the age of five. However, the adverse effects of it can be neutralized if proper care is taken.
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