Twenty Children with various heart complications have undergone successful operations at Tenwek Mission Hospital in Bomet County.
The hospital is sponsored by the African Gospel Church and records show it has operated 550 patiently with 85 per cent success rate in the last 10 years.
200 of patients were children under 13 years while the other 350 were classified as youth and adults.
Dr Agneta Odera and Areka Fekadu - both cardio-thoracic surgeons said the hospital has qualified and dedicated heart surgeons whose calling is to serve humanity.
"Heart surgery is a complicated and delicate procedure. Luckily for us at Tenwek hospital, we have a team of highly qualified and dedicated staff whose calling is to serve humanity," Dr Odera said.
Dr Fekadu said added: "We are happy as a team that we have managed to put a smile on the face of the patients by giving them a second."
Dr. Geoffrey Langat, the hospital CEO said patients are charged between sh 300,000 and 500,000 depending on the complexity of the case, nothing that last year, the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) paid a significant share of the cost.
Dr Langat encouraged anyone with heart problems to visit the hospital even for checkups to avoid complications in future.
Bomet Governor, Dr Hilary Barchok who was accompanied by the County CEC in charge of Medical Services, Dr Joseph Sitonik told the press after witnessing one the operations that the succuss story of heart operations had put Bomet County in the global map in the medical field.
"The fact that the beneficiaries are drawn from far-flung areas in Kenya, Unganda, South Sudan and Sierra Leone is a major achievement not only for Tenwek Hospital but also the county of Bomet," Dr Barchok.
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