The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday announced that it had completed eight open-heart surgeries on children ages 1 to 17.
In a release the GPHC announced the successful com-pletion of the second Paediatric Cardiac Mission for 2024, with the final two patients discharged yesterday. The mission began on August 3rd.
The mission opened with a screening clinic where eligible patients were selected for surgery based on the urgency of their condition. The release said that priority was given to those in critical need of surgical intervention, provided they were healthy enough to undergo the procedure without added risk. After careful assessment, eight patients were chosen to receive open-heart surgeries, the hospital said.