Seven open heart surgeries at Zliten Medical Centre conducted in collaboration with American Global Cardiac Alliance

Seven open heart surgeries for children and two cardiac catheterization operations were performed at Zlitan Medical Centre, the Tripoli government reported yesterday.

The operations were conducted in collaboration with the Global Cardiac Alliance (formerly the Novick Cardiac Alliance led by William Novick) and comes within the framework of Libya’s National Paediatric Heart Surgery Programme, and in preparation for the more complex Fontaine operations.‎

The Tripoli government said the operations come within its wider plan to localise treatment.

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Visiting specialists from American Novick NGO conducting heart surgeries on children at Zliten Medical Centre

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