NICVD: Complicated heart surgery saves kid's life.

KARACHI -- The Paediatric Cardiothoracic surgery team at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) Tando Muhammad Khan performed a complicated BT shunt surgery to save the life of a one-year-old boy, a NICVD statement said Sunday. The team, included Cardiac Surgeon led-by Dr Saad Bader (Paeds Cardiac Surgeon), along with paeds cardiologist Dr Hussain Bux and anesthesiologist Dr Kamal performed the complicated heart surgery. The doctors said that the boy was brought to NICVD TMK in critical condition in late night hours with cyanotic congenital heart disease and his oxygen

saturation was less than 20%. After performing complicated surgery the boy revived successfully. The doctors further added that we performed the surgery with full expertise and saved the life of the boy. The boy is still at hospital and recovering quickly. As any further delay in the complicated surgery could have...