The Salam Centre for Cardiac SurgeryFacility

The Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery in Khartoum, Sudan, is the only free-of-charge and specialized facility of its kind in a vast area inhabited by more than 300 million people. It offers high quality assistance to patients with congenital and acquired surgical diseases. The majority of the patients are young, with 56 percent of the patients being under 26 years, as of 2017. The predominant operation is heart valve repair or replacement due to damage from rheumatic fever and subsequent rheumatic heart disease. The hospital comprises 63 cardiac beds, three operating theaters, a medical staff accommodation unit, housing 150 staff (33.8 percent of the 444 local staff), as of June 2020