Open Heart International

Little Dalilah Peter recovering after heart surgery

Little Dalilah flew into Port Moresby on January 21 from Mt Hagen where she lives with her mother Agnes.

She is the last born in a family of five and comes from a mix parentage of Eastern and Western Highlands Province.

Dalilah was born with two holes in her heart, scientifically explained as congenital heart defects, namely ventricular septal defect (VSD) and atrial septal defect (ASD).

That is, there are holes in the septums between both the two ventricles and the two atriums.

New program for Operation Open Heart

Unlike previous years, open heart surgery was carried out twice a year.

The new program will involve two separate teams from Australia and Singapore.

The Australia team will be operating on children while the team from Singapore will concentrate on adults.

The first operation under the new program took place this week involvingĀ  ten children.

The second operations will be carried out on adults in June by the Singapore team.