Cardiothorasic surgeons at a rural based referral mission hospital in the south rift are saving the lives of children with congenital or rheumatic heart disease one heart at a time. Children with various heart complications have undergone successful operations at Tenwek Mission Hospital in Bomet County. Sadly, majority of them are from humble backgrounds and have to endure weeks of waiting as heart surgery is an expensive procedure; this waiting could sometimes lead to death.
