Lifesaving heart surgeries for RHD complications in Uganda go on despite COVID-19 | Children's National

Lifesaving heart surgeries for RHD complications in Uganda go on despite COVID-19 | Children's National

Lifesaving heart surgeries for RHD complications in Uganda go on despite COVID-19 In early March as countries around the globe began to wrestle with how best to tackle the spread of COVID-19, a group of doctors, nurses, researchers and other medical staff from Children’s National were wrestling with a distinct set of challenges: What to do about the 10 Ugandan children and adults who were currently scheduled for lifesaving heart surgery.