A team of pediatric cardiac surgeons at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSHRC) performed consecutive heart transplants on two children, one of them an eight-month-old, within 24 hours in Riyadh. Before the surgery, the two girls used temporary artificial pumps.
The team traveled to Makkah to remove the heart of a deceased donor, which was then transported and transplanted in the 19-month-old patient, managing to overcome all the logistic obstacles with the help of the Saudi Ministry of Defense’s aeromedical evacuation team.
