A complex heart operation was performed on a newborn at the Scientific and Clinical Center for Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology in Taraz.
The nine-day-old baby was diagnosed with transposition of the great arteries, a severe congenital cardiovascular condition that requires surgery in the first days of life.
The operation was successfully performed by Dmitry Gorbunov, chief freelance pediatric cardiac surgeon of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Ikromzhon Mukhamedov, chief freelance pediatric cardiac surgeon of Zhambyl Region.