More than 80 children diagnosed with heart defects in Eastern Highlands

More than 80 children diagnosed with cardiac defects in Eastern Highlands were screened for possible open-heart surgeries at the Goroka Provincial Hospital in the past few days. Goroka Hospital-based pediatrician Casparia Mond said 68 children were diagnosed with heart defects during normal clinics and admissions while 15 were included from inpatients at the hospital. “We...