More Iraqi children to be operated on in the Czech Republic

Doctors in Prague's Motol hospital will perform surgery on another group of Iraqi children who have serious heart defects and could not be helped in their homeland. The small patients were selected by Czech doctors working in a field hospital in Basra. A total of twenty six critically ill Iraqi children have so far undergone surgery in the Czech Republic. The latest group will arrive in Prague accompanied by two Iraqi doctors who will attend a three months training course in this country. Motol hospital has agreed to train a number of Iraqi doctors so that they can set up a specialized cardio unit in the own country.