Testimonials
Testimonials
"After our daughter, Maria Eduarda, was diagnosed with a severe congenial heart disease, we began to deal with a hard and cruel reality (…). We started sharing our pain and suffering with other families at Pró Criança, who were going through similar suffering. But unlike our family, many of them did not have financial means. At that point, we began to understand the greatness of the Pró Criança Cardíaca Foundation created by Dr. Rosa Barbosa. It enables these underprivileged children to have access to the same opportunities given to those who can afford to pay".
Fernanda and Ricardo Behar
Parents
"I spent several nights awake, staring at my son, watching his breathing as he slept, afraid that he might not wake up the following day. I wasn’t the only one who was worried; my whole family was as well. None of us could stand looking at a child who wasn’t able to play, who struggled to breathe.
We spent days and even nights on long lines of the public hospitals unable to get the opportunity for treatment. But one day God brought the Pró Criança Cardíaca Founadtion to our lives.
Today my son is a healthy and energetic child. I thank God for it all and then Dr. Rosa Barbosa, Dr. Lucia and Dr. Isabela, for bringing life back into our son."
Vânia Cristina Ferreira da Silva
Mother
"The Pró Criança Cardíaca Founation makes our hearts beat stronger.
It’s a wonderful project. It is compassionate, humane and responsible. We have been part of this project since the beginning and this has been tremendously gratifying. The smile on the face of every child whose health is restored is makes us certain that with consciousness and a sense of mutual responsibility the world can and will be a better place for us all".
Cristina Mendes
Medical Director of Amil Health Care
"It’s a privilege for the Pró Cardíaco Hospital to be the medical institution directly linked to the Pró Criança Cardíaca Foundation. Above all, we need to praise Dr.Rosa Barbosa, head of the Foundation. She is someone who motivates us to become more involved each day. The children aided by the Foundation deserve all our efforts".
Dr. Francisco Eduardo Guimarães Ferreira
Medical Director of the Pró Cardiaco Hospital
"Poor children born with cardiac problems the demand surgery find it very hard to receive care in public hospitals for lack of physical and infrastructural resources. Whenever the case is complex, the difficulties rise substantially. A large number of children die waiting for a chance to be treated.
The Pró Criança Cardíaca Foundation looks after the children who do not have access to the publis system, offering treatment of a first class institution.
The community of Rio de Janeiro has embraced Dr. Rosa Barbosa’s altruistic cause, making it possible for the initial plan to be carried out successfully.
Nearly 700 patients have undergone heart surgery with results similar to those obtained in first world countries.
I usually say that we cannot solve all of Brazil’s problem’s, but we should we commited to the ones around us. The Pró Criança Cardíaca Foundation deserves our support".
Dr. Miguel Barbero Marcial
Chief pediatric heart surgeon at INCOR and at Pró Criança Cardíaca Foundation