Twenty-five children with congenital heart disease were treated by a team of cardiologists from Dubai Health Authority Hospitals (Dubai, Rashid and Latifa) and San Milano Hospital, Italy. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Dubai Health Authority commanded heart surgeons during a ceremony held at Dubai Hospital to
00:08honor doctors who conducted free surgeries for 25 children suffering from congenital
00:13heart disease.
00:14The children were treated by a team of cardiologists from Dubai Health Authority Hospitals and
00:19San Milano Hospital, Italy.
00:21Since the launch of this initiative in 2007, more than 300 children, including newborns
00:26and teenagers up to 19 years old, have benefited from the program.
00:30Of all the surgeries, ours were of the most ratings of 100% success of the surgery.
00:39So we had three corrections done and one of them involved a patch between the two atriums
00:45and a moving of two arteries from the heart to the lungs.
00:49So having a 100% success, it demands a huge skill from the doctors to achieve that.
00:55We're very pleased.
00:57Known as NABADAT, which means heart beat, the program is a joint humanitarian initiative
01:02organized by the Dubai Health Authority and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian
01:08and Charity Establishment.
01:09It has many achievements.
01:10Actually, so many people around us worldwide, they are in need of it.
01:11Families are not able to afford these very expensive sorts of treatments or they don't
01:22have access to the specialized people and doctors who are available worldwide but are
01:28scattered.
01:29So this initiative brings them together, at least here to Dubai.
01:33So we are organizing that sort of effort, bringing the experts together.
01:37This is the 11th workshop for free heart surgeries that has taken place since inception of the
01:41humanitarian program in 2007.
01:44The one-week workshop began on the 26th of January and all surgeries were successfully
01:48completed.
01:49Sairish Idenbaliaza, Gulf News.