LENMED AIR 2019.pdf

Meet our first heart hero In February 2019, Zahara, a seven-year- old from Ghana, took her first airplane ride to Durban, where she was treated for severe mitral valve regurgitation. A team of over ten volunteer surgeons, paediatric and cardiac doctors, perfusionists, anaesthetists, nurses and other support staff at Ethekwini Hospital and Heart Centre worked together to perform her life-saving surgery more than three years after her initial diagnosis. We are pleased to report Zahara is back at school in Ghana — a healthy little girl, ready to face her future with excitement. 43 LENMED ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT 2019