An e-petition aimed at trying to save a children's heart surgery unit in Leicester has exceeded the target it needs to secure a parliamentary debate.
The number of people signing an e-petition to save a children's heart surgery unit in Leicester has slowed, according to the man who set it up.
He had even set up a specialized heart institute for children in Switzerland but was increasingly undermined by Swiss restrictions on hiring foreign personnel.
Campaigners have mounted a legal challenge against a decision to end children's heart surgery in Leeds.
Government advisors are visiting Leicester's Glenfield Hospital to review a decision to move children's heart surgery procedures to Birmingham.
The government has ordered an initial review of a decision to relocate children's heart surgery from Leicester's Glenfield Hospital to Birmingham.
"There is a group of children with severe congenital heart disease who need to arrive at hospital in good time to get treatment, and if they do so then their survival rate is very good, " he said.
The High Court ruled in March that a consultation over changes to children's heart surgery in England and Wales was flawed.
The report, published on Monday, said Luke Jenkins, seven, of Cardiff, had been expected to make a recovery after heart surgery at Bristol Children's Hospital.
These toys include racing cars that stop if a child gets too excited and, for even younger children, a cooperative game where children try to help each other stack blocks (if heart rate goes up, the table becomes wobbly and the blocks topple).
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Lead signatory Mark Darowski, a children's intensive care specialist at the LGI, said if paediatric heart surgery in Leeds did end it would mean a three-fold rise in journey times for children needing urgent treatment.
Health bosses say they have decided not to take legal action against the decision to stop children's heart surgery at a Leicester hospital.
David Miliband, the former Labour foreign secretary, has lobbied for a heart-surgery unit in Newcastle to survive the implementation of an NHS review of children's heart-surgery provision.
People may cite myriad reasons for not having children, but at heart it symbolizes a crisis of faith in the future.
There are concerns about the number of deaths at the hospital, which is at the centre of a long dispute over the future of children's heart services in England and Wales.
In late 2011, concern that a generation of children is growing up with already established heart risks prompted federal health officials with the support of the American Academy of Pediatrics to recommend universal cholesterol screening for kids, preferably between ages 9 and 11.
As children play, a monitor on one finger tracks their heart rate and displays it on the computer screen.
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Hiroki had to travel to the U.S., where he is awaiting a heart, because Japan prohibits organ transplants involving children.
Thousands of people took part in a demonstration last month opposing the removal of children's heart surgery from the hospital.
"The players have returned home, they'll have spoken to their families and young children and it's a tremendous pull on the heart-strings, " said Gooch.
Campaigners aiming to retain children's heart surgery in Leicester have welcomed a High Court ruling.
The hospital is at the centre of a long-running dispute over the future of children's heart services.
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Campaigners fighting to save children's heart surgery services in Leicester say a review ordered by the government does not go far enough.
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Her husband died of a heart attack, leaving her alone with their three children and a small clothing store in dire straits.
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Mr Hume said such a ban has already gained support from a number of charities, including Children in Scotland and the British Heart Foundation.
Campaigners hoping to save children's heart surgery in Leicester remain cautiously optimistic after a High Court ruling.
The Children's Heart Surgery Fund charity said it would seek a judicial review if the decision was not vetoed.
Children's heart operations remain suspended at Leeds General Infirmary despite a day of talks about the future of the unit.
It broke her heart and reminded her of the other children still waiting for a family to choose them, which is why she was eager to return to Russia for Hampton's sister.
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