Why patients choose this destination
When a newborn is diagnosed with transposition of the great arteries, families face two simultaneous crises: a medical emergency measured in days, and a financial reality that in many countries runs to hundreds of thousands of dollars. In India, that second crisis is removed entirely. The arterial switch operation — the only surgical cure for TGA — costs USD 5,500 to USD 9,000 at India's leading neonatal cardiac surgery centres. That is the same operation, the same technique, the same intraoperative echo monitoring, and outcomes that match what the world's top children's hospitals publish.
India performs more arterial switch operations annually than almost any country outside the United States. Centres like Narayana Health in Bangalore, AIIMS in New Delhi, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Apollo Hospitals, and Medanta – The Medicity have dedicated neonatal cardiac surgery units staffed by surgeons who trained at Great Ormond Street in London, Boston Children's Hospital, and Toronto's Sick Kids — the institutions whose outcomes are cited as the global benchmark. These centres publish their ASO survival rates. They perform hundreds of neonatal cardiac operations each year. And they have established international patient programmes built specifically for families arriving from Nigeria, Kenya, the UAE, the UK, and beyond.
GAF Healthcare coordinates ASO surgery in India for international families who are navigating this situation for the first time. We handle the medical case review, the hospital selection, the cost estimate, the emergency medical visa, the admission, the family accommodation, and the discharge plan — simultaneously, from the moment you contact us. This page gives you every number, every breakdown, and every variable you need to understand the true cost of arterial switch operation in India before you make any decision.
