Mongolian surgeons operated on two children from Kyrgyzstan for free. Press center of the Ministry of Health reported.
According to it, Dastan and Bilal’s heart surgeries were performed at a clinic in Ulaanbaatar. All expenses were covered by the Mongolian side. The boys returned home the day before.
«We arrived in Mongolia on February 20, and already on February 21 doctors operated Bilal, on February 22 — my son Dastan. A week later they were discharged from the hospital, but the children continued to be observed by doctors. The children are doing very well now. We were paid for the flight, food, accommodation and the operation itself, everything was absolutely free. I am very grateful to the Mongolian doctors,» mother of one of the boys, Gulzat Toktomusheva, told.
«The operations were successful. Special long-term rehabilitation is not needed for children with such a heart disease. They will be completely healthy in 2-3 months. Mongolian doctors are planning to perform several more such operations. The Research Institute of Heart Surgery and Organ Transplantation is working on further cooperation,» the Minister of Health Alymkadyr Beishenaliev, who met the boys at the Bishkek airport, said.
The Ministry of Health added that Mongolian doctors from the National Center for Organ Transplantation and Cardiovascular Surgery were in Kyrgyzstan from February 2 to February 7. As part of their cooperation, they conducted examinations and consultations for children from low-income families. A joint operation of two children was also performed with the surgeons of the Research Institute of Heart Surgery and Organ Transplantation in Bishkek.
