Sri Lanka, Oct. 22 -- Foreign specialist doctors are performing free, complex heart surgeries on 15 Sri Lankan children at the National Hospital in Karapitiya, Galle, under a programme organised by the 'Take Heart Mercy Mission'.

The surgeries, which are difficult to perform in Sri Lanka due to their complexity, are being carried out at the hospital's Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit in collaboration with local medical professionals.

Deputy Health Minister Hansaka Wijemuni visited the hospital today (22) to observe the surgical procedures and review the progress of the programme.

During the visit, he observed a heart surgery in progress and inspected the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, where the foreign medical team briefed him on the reco...