A total of 33 cases would have been operated on by today, 22 of which are open heart operations.
11 of those are closed heart operations performed by the local team. The youngest being 8 months old and the oldest, 12.
Eight out of every 1000 children in third level countries are born with cardiac problems or congenital heart defects, a condition that requires surgery for most.
PNG has seen 1,084 children undergo Open heart Operations in the last 25 years, conducted by the Open Heart International team from Australia and Singapore.