Heart Care International’s volunteer medical team returned to San Salvador, El Salvador in January for a catheterization and training mission and in May for a surgical mission. Partnering with the medical professionals at the Hospital de Diagnostico and the local non-profit Sana mi Corazon, Heart Care International performed 22 heart catheterization procedures in January, and 9 surgeries in May at the Hospital de Ninos Benjamin Bloom. Host country surgeons, anesthesiologists, perfusionists and scrub nurses performed all of the surgeries in May with the Heart Care International team supporting them.
