The Heart Surgery Ward of Makkah-based Noor Specialist Hospital had performed 1211 open and closed heart surgeries during the period from 1417 to 1424H. The Head of the Hospital's Ward of Open Heart Surgeries and Veins Dr. Khalid bin Yosef Yamani pointed out that the surgeries included 718 seniors and 393 juniors, stressing that the surgeries have been successful at more than 98 percent.