Minister of Health, President of Milala Heart Foundation discuss help to children with heart issues

AKIPRESS.COM - Minister of Health Kosmosbek Cholponbayev met with the President of Milala Heart Foundation Lee Joon Gi to discuss cooperation in the field of cardiac surgery, assistance to children with heart issues, payment for cardiac surgery and providing scholarships for gifted children. The Milala Heart Foundation provided surgeries for 3,800 patients from 27 countries and continues to help children with heart issues, build houses for them, and provide scholarships for postgraduate and doctoral studies in South Korea, President of Milala Heart Foundation said.
"I am very happy to help children from Kyrgyzstan," he said.
The Minister of Health thanked the foundation for helping children with congenital heart disease. From 2011 to 2014, 26 children from Kyrgyzstan were operated free of charge in South Korea.
"Thanks to your sponsorship more than 150 children were operated in Kyrgyzstan and got a chance to live. I hope that our cooperation for the health of children will continue," said Cholponbayev handing a letter of thanks to the President of Milala Heart Foundation.