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New centre to help kids with heart disease

Public health permanent secretary Opas Karnkawinpong, centre, after opening the new centre for percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI). (Photo: Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health Facebook)

A centre for percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI) has been established through an alliance of seven medical institutes, to make the treatment more efficient and lower the mortality rate among children with congenital heart disease, the Public Health Ministry said.

The institutes recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at a ceremony chaired by public health permanent secretary by Opas Karnkawinpong.

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